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Colorado Child Support
Calculation for Child Support
If the Colorado legislature did one thing right, it was to give us a formula for child support. We can argue about how fair the numbers are but very rarely do we hear people complain about the structure and its function.The Colorado child support formula takes the gross incomes of the parties, allows for certain deductions from those incomes, and adds them together. From the combined adjusted gross income, a "lifestyle" (our word, not the law's) number for the child is identified from the database. We imagine the "lifestyle" number to be the children's share of the income.
Next, the "lifestyle" number is apportioned to each parent, based on the number of overnights and a percentage of their contribution to the combined income. What you're left with after this stage, is what each parent owes to the "lifestyle" number - we call it the "parent's share".
Then the parents get certain deductions from their respective "parent's share". These deductions are sometime straight forward, like daycare expenses and children's share of health insurance premiums. But other times, these deductions are less clear, like summer camp, reading programs, tutors, and private school tuition.
At the end of the formula, after these deductions are taken, the "parent shares" are compared and a final child support number is kicked out.
The form below is only an example of a very simple child support worksheet. It does not contain any fields for the various deductions mentioned above. The form is only intended to give users an idea of the process for calculating child support - not what their actual support order might be.
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At Johnson Sauer Legal Group, LLC, our lawyers represent clients in Denver divorce, Colorado child support, custody and visitation cases throughout Colorado, including Denver, Boulder and Aspen.
If you would like a free Denver divorce consultation with one of our experienced divorce lawyers about your divorce case, you may contact us online with general questions, schedule a free Colorado divorce consultation to review your case, or call us at (303) 394-3030 anytime.
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