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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Divorce Help Center
Why Divorce Mediation Fails. Despite all the advantages of mediation, my experience has shown there are three main reasons why the mediation process fails in a divorce case. If you aware of them and ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
2-1-1 Colorado is a great resrouce for anyone going through divorce or struggling after a divorce who may need the help or assistance of local health or human service organizations, but do not know ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Even the most most amicable divorces stir up strong emotions, especially when there are kids involved. A professional divorce mediator can often help the parties deal with both the legal aspects and ...
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Posted on Aug 1, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
In our current moble and ofter transient society, due to financial necessity, divorces often resulting in one parent moving to other states for jobs for support of their family. This ofter raises ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Parenting after divorce is difficult to transition into. While there is no way to completely sheild the kids from divorce, a few suggestions can make the change easier to deal with and minimize the ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Additional extraordinary expenses may be added pro-rata to a parent's child support obligation in a Colorado Divorce. In this age of extensive cutbacks by school districts, a situation could arise ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Situations involving split parenting plans require unique child support calculations in a Colorado Divorce. In a situation where there are two separate children and overnights visits with the ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Expense reimbursements paid by employers may be considered income for child support or spousal support calculations in a divorce proceeding. The standard to be evaluated is whether the reimbursed ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
The income of a child may be considered in child support calculations. However, there is no bright line test or minimum income requirement that creates automatic application of a child's income in the ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
A divorce court may not consider employer paid contributions to a health or accident insurance plan as income for purposes of support determinations unless, after making the relevant findings, the ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Gross income is number that must be determined for each parent as a starting point for purposed of computing child support. Colorado Revised Statutes attempt to define what revenue to each party is ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
The Colorado legislature periodically makes changes to the child support guidelines and the methods of calculation for divorcing parties, partners who co-parent children after separation. If you ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
C.R.S. 14-10-112(1)(a) allows modification of an existing child support order only upon showing that there has been a change in circumstances that are substantial on continuing since the previous ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Travel expenses in certain situations may be divided or awarded. Contact Divorce Help Center mediators to discuss your case. However, those expenses must be the cost of transporting the CHILD, not the ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Divorce Help Center
Child support obligations are determined by applying the statutory guidelines in C.R.S. 14-10-115(7) to the parents combined adjusted gross income. "Gross Income" includes income from any source. ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
The child support guidelines must be followed unless there is a valid and legal reason for deviation from the presumtive child support calculation. Contact a Colorado Divorce Mediator to discuss the ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
When allocating tax dependancy exemptions, the rights to claim the exemptions should be divided based upon theri respective gross incomes, which is consistent with the intent of the Federal Law. ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Child support generally terminates when the child reaches the age of 19. Contact a Denver Divorce Mediator to discuss the specifics of your case. There are a number of exceptions to this rule ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
Child support shall be deemed to end when a child is emancipated. A Denver Divorce Mediator can discuss your specific facts with you further. However, emancipation is defined as 1) when a child ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2010 By Divorce Help Center
When modifying child support in Colorado after a divorce has been finalized, capital gains are not automatically considered in computing gross income for purposes of the Child Support Guidelines. ...
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