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Spousal Support

Denver Alimony Attorney

Spousal Support | Spousal Support Modifications

We Wrote the Book on Colorado Divorce Law

The partners at McGuane and Hogan are the authors of the Colorado Family Law Practice Series, a detailed work on the practice of divorce with references to Colorado statutes, cases, and other commentary.

Judges, lawyers, and others the divorce field rely upon this book as the authoritative text on family law and divorce in Colorado.

Our firm has also written a number of publications on a variety of family law topics such as valuation of assets, child support in high income cases, and custodial parent relocation.

Spousal Support

Alimony or spousal support for a dependent spouse, is called maintenance. Maintenance may be awarded in a Colorado divorce or legal separation if one spouse is unable to be self supporting either through employment or the use of income producing assets. There is a statutory formula for the calculation of maintenance which applies only in limited circumstances. Specifically the formula applies only to temporary maintenance to be paid while the divorce action is going on, and it applies only if the parties' combined gross income is less than $75,000 per year. However, no Colorado formula dictates how courts should deal with whether a spouse should receive long term support, how much that support should be, or how long it should last for purposes of the final divorce decree. As a result, spousal support is often a wild card in Colorado divorce settlements. The judge can use it as a balancing tool to make the asset division fairer.

Because the issue of spousal support is very case specific , your maintenance attorney needs to be an experienced negotiator. Your attorney also needs to know how to try cases in court, in case the issue doesn't get settled. This includes using vocational evaluations, earnings history, job search information, tax analysis and the like to advance or oppose a claim for maintenance.

Maintenance Modifications

Sometimes maintenance awards are made nonmodifiable as to term, as to amount or both. In other cases, awards of spousal maintenance may be the subject of later modification proceedings. Colorado law offers guidance as to the types of criteria that may justify a modification either upward or downward. Our lawyers at McGuane and Hogan, LLP, have experience representing the party receiving spousal support and the party seeking a change.

Contact a Denver spousal support attorney at McGuane and Hogan, LLP.

The Denver spousal maintenance lawyers at McGuane and Hogan, LLP serve clients throughout Colorado, including Denver, Aspen, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Boulder, Steamboat Springs, Vail, Grand Junction, Adams County, Denver County, Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Jefferson County, Broomfield County, Eagle County, Pitkin County, Gunnison County, El Paso County and Garfield County