Few things are as hotly contested in family law as custody (or parenting time) and support of children. That is, in reality, how it should be, and the courts are most interested in protecting the welfare of children.

You may be visiting this page because you'd like to spend more time with your kids, because you need more financial support to care for them or cannot continue to provide the current level of support, or because you want to protect them from danger and distress. You also may be a grandparent who would like to protect your relationship with your grandchildren.

In Colorado, the olden days of one parent getting custody and the other being relegated to visitation are, fortunately, over, and there's a general understanding that a child is better off when both parents are equally involved, and that both parents have a right to be parents to their children.

You may have heard of 5225 or 2255 parenting arrangements (meaning two days with one parent, two days with the other, then five, then five days), which is just one popular formulation for parenting time. It is intended to lead to equal time spent with each parent.

Regarding child support, the court's intent is usually to make sure a child not only has roughly equal time with parents when possible, but that the physical comfort and experience of the child is reasonably equal. Therefore, the court will consider the relative resources of the parents, and issue support arrangements with a focus on the health and wellbeing of the child, while not demanding excessive sacrifice by either parent.

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