Child support, what happens if my Ex files for welfare

[Silverplum]

I'm not so sure about that.

I doubt there are many seniors and/or Coloradoans..ians..people from Colorado who would advise going for primary custody simply for financial reasons.

Coloradoans!

(There was a whole thing about the pronounciation several months ago in one of the daily newspapers.)

 

[TheGeekess]

That is what the CO Child support worksheet says, the one the have on their website for me to use and file with the court. I pay for the medical, child care, and extraordinary expenses that she has agreed to which is his mutual funds that I make quarterly deposits into.

I listed it as an even split with custody, so this is what it says. Even though it clearly states who will have the child over night, which will be me the majority as her shift ends past his bed time.

If the calculator is telling Patrick that he would owe Mom in the $500-600/month range with the salary he claims, either the calculator is lying to Patrick or Patrick is lying to the calculator.

Indeed.

 

[CJane]

Silverplum, as a Coloradoan, can you perhaps explain how/if CO counts time with the child as a credit to child support? Because Dad's insistence that there is a 50/50 split because Mom works nights seems a little ... off ... to me.

Of course, if Mom can't hold a job, she won't need Dad to keep Junior at night...

 

[Silverplum]

Silverplum, as a Coloradoan, can you perhaps explain how/if CO counts time with the child as a credit to child support? Because Dad's insistence that there is a 50/50 split because Mom works nights seems a little ... off ... to me.

Of course, if Mom can't hold a job, she won't need Dad to keep Junior at night...

There are two sets of calculations: one for the NCP having the child 92 or more number of overnights, one for less than 92. They're called Schedule A (less than 92 overnights) and Schedule B (shared physical care.) The only thing that counts is overnights, not hours, not days.

"...the Colorado Child Support Guideline calculates child support based on each parent’s share of the amount estimated to have been spent on the child if the parents and child were living in an intact household.1 If one parent has physical care for 273 or more overnights per year, the amount calculated for that parent is presumed to be spent directly on the child. For the other parent, the calculated amount establishes the level of child support. For cases with split or third party physical care, or extensive sharing of physical care, each parent’s calculated share of child support is adjusted by the time spent with the child(ren)." (COLORADO CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINE, Revised January 2011, http://www.courts.state.co.us/Forms/Word/jdf1822 - 1-2011.doc)

A native Coloradoan.

 

[Proserpina]

Coloradoans!

(There was a whole thing about the pronounciation several months ago in one of the daily newspapers.)

LOL *thank you*!