Category: Child Support

What Actions Can You Take When a Parent Stops Paying Child Support?

What are typical remedies when a parent stops paying child support? This is a question that I get asked quite frequently. The most common remedy is a contempt proceeding. A contempt proceeding is initiated by filling a affidavit and a petition for a citation in contempt with the court. In this pleading you set forth […]

In Contentious Divorce Proceedings, How are Important Child Decisions Made?

How are child decisions determined during a contentious divorce proceeding? This is one of the toughest issues that a family law attorney faces, is where both parents aren’t able to agree regarding what is in the best interests of their child or children. That is really what the court looks at, what is in the […]

How Are Child Decisions Determined During A Contentious Divorce?

Factors include the ability of each parent to encourage the love and support towards the child with the other parent. This is a huge problem with parties who are divorcing or separating is the ability to disengage from the other parent and not get the children involved in the divorce process. Are you facing a contentious […]

What Are Typical Remedies When A Parent Stops Paying Child Support?

The most common remedy when a parent stops paying is a contempt proceeding. A contempt proceeding is initiated by filling a affidavit and a petition for a citation in contempt with the court. In this pleading you set forth why the court should issue a contempt citation. The court will review your paperwork and if […]

Under What Circumstances are Parenting Plans Modifiable?

How can a parenting plan be modified? A parenting plan can be modified by either an agreement of the parties … let’s just say that you’re able to agree with your ex that certain provisions of a parenting plan aren’t working for you and it should be changed. You can enter into a stipulation modifying your […]

How are Parenting Plans Enforced?

They are a number of different ways parenting plans are enforced. Let’s start with number one – have a good parenting plan to begin with. One of the biggest enforcement issues with parenting plans are that the parenting plan wasn’t drafted well in the beginning, so circumstances arise that aren’t covered by your parenting plan. […]

What Should I Pay Close Attention to in the Colorado Child Support Formula?

The first thing that you would ask your lawyer is what would the formula says, because we have a formula here in Colorado for child support. The very first thing is to sit down with your attorney and go over what are the things that go into that formula, and at least estimate what those […]

One key secret to changing your child support amount in Colorado

How do I change child support? This is actually a question I also get a lot of people calling about. Child support is a formula here in Colorado. So you’re not going to be able to change child support unless there is at least a 10 percent change to the bottom line of that formula. […]

3 Ways to Modify a Shared Parenting Schedule & Child Custody Agreement in Colorado

There are a variety of reasons you and your co-parent may want to amend your child custody agreement. Whether it’s due to a life change, a new academic routine, or simply due to your child growing up and wanting something different, the state of Colorado has a few options to help you amend your existing […]

What to consider before your child custody hearing

There are so many factors that determine child custody, but there has been some guidance given from the courts on this issue. There is actually a statute that talks about what the court does look at when determining custody and I have the list of that here and am going to go over a few […]