Colorado Springs Child Support Lawyers | Burnham Law

Colorado Springs Child Support Lawyers

Child support that reflects your family’s real numbers.

Colorado sets child support with a formula, but the inputs are where cases are won and lost. We make sure income, parenting time, and expenses are counted correctly for Colorado Springs families.

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  • Calculating support under the Colorado guidelines
  • Health insurance, childcare, and extra expenses
  • Modifying support when income changes

Colorado Springs office: 1710 Chapel Hills Dr, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80920. Meetings in person, by phone, or by video.

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4,500+Coloradans represented
25Attorneys
11Years in family law
5Colorado offices, including Colorado Springs

How child support is set in Colorado

Colorado uses the Child Support Guidelines, an income-shares model. Both parents’ incomes, the number of overnights, and costs like insurance and childcare all go into the calculation.

Income

Wages, bonuses, self-employment, and income a parent could be earning but isn’t.

Overnights

How parenting time affects the calculation once each parent has at least 92 overnights a year.

Added expenses

Health insurance, work-related childcare, and extraordinary costs like school or medical needs.

Modification

Updating support after a job change, a new parenting schedule, or a change in the child’s needs.

Enforcement

Collecting unpaid support and what the court can do when payments stop.

Unmarried parents

Setting support when you were never married to your child’s other parent.

Have a question about your situation? Call (303) 990-5308 and talk it through with our Colorado Springs team.

What happens after you reach out

  1. You call us

    A member of our intake team picks up, listens to what’s going on, and answers your first questions. Or request a call back and we’ll reach out.

  2. You meet your attorney

    Sit down with a family law attorney at our Colorado Springs office on Chapel Hills Dr, or by phone or video. You’ll get your options and costs laid out plainly.

  3. We build your plan

    Clear next steps for custody, support, and property, and a team that stays with you through El Paso County District Court and beyond.

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Serving the Pikes Peak region

From our Colorado Springs office on Chapel Hills Dr, we represent clients in Colorado Springs, Briargate, Monument, Fountain, Falcon, Security-Widefield, Manitou Springs, and Woodland Park, with cases in El Paso, Teller, Pueblo, and Fremont counties.

Burnham Law, Colorado Springs
1710 Chapel Hills Dr, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Meetings in person, by phone, or by video
(303) 990-5308

Child support questions

Every case is different. These are the questions Colorado Springs clients ask most in the first call.

How is child support calculated in Colorado?

Through the Colorado Child Support Guidelines, which combine both parents’ incomes and divide the obligation based on income and overnights.

Does shared custody mean no child support?

Not necessarily. Even with equal time, the parent with higher income may still pay support.

When can child support be changed?

Generally when a recalculation would change support by more than 10%, along with a continuing change in circumstances.

When does child support end in Colorado?

Usually when the child turns 19, with some exceptions for children still in high school or with disabilities.