Transcription of COLORADO CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINE
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COLORADO CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINE
JDF 1822 R10/21 Instructions for Completing Worksheets A and B Page 1 of 20 COLORADO CHILD SUPPORT guidelines (For cases on or after July 1, 2021 only) Revised October 2021 1. Preface The CHILD SUPPORT guidelines for COLORADO were developed by the COLORADO CHILD SUPPORT Commission and enacted by the COLORADO General Assembly. As specified in the statute, the guidelines have three objectives: 1) To establish as state policy an adequate standard of SUPPORT for children, subject to the ability of parents to pay; 2) To make awards more equitable by ensuring more consistent treatment of persons in similar circumstances; and 3) To improve the efficiency of the court process by promoting settlements and giving courts and the parties guidance in setting the levels of awards. The guidelines can be found in 14-10-115, COLORADO Revised Statutes ( ), and are consistent with other provisions of that section which place a duty for CHILD SUPPORT upon either or both parents based on their respective financial resources, the financial resources of the CHILD , the needs of the custodial parent, the physical and emotional condition of the CHILD , and the standard of living the CHILD would have enjoyed had the marriage or civil union not been dissolved.
3. Determination of Child Support Amount . To calculate child support for children who are under 19 or still in high school, or disabled, use: Worksheet A when one parent maintains physical care of the child for 273 or more overnights per year [see (4)(I) below]; use
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