Statutory Reference to Colorado Revised Statutes:           

Divorce: § 14-10-110

Alimony § 14-10-114

Property Distribution: § 14-10-113

Custody: § 14-10-123.5

Visitation: § 14-10-129

Child Support: 14-10-115

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Residence:

Either party must be domiciled in the state for ninety days before commencement of the suit.

 

Grounds:           

Irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

 

Distribution of Property:

Adopts traditional dual classification of property under Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act.  Separate property, defined as property owned before the marriage and property acquired by gift, inheritance, or property acquired in exchange for separate property, is retained by the owning party.  Marital property includes property that is not separate property, property acquired during the marriage, including the increase in value of separate property.  The court shall divide the marital property as it deems just, without regard to marital fault, considering the contributions of each spouse to the acquisition of the marital property, the value of each party's separate property, the economic circumstances of the parties, depletion of separate property for marital purposes. 

 

Alimony/Spousal Support:

The court may order maintenance for either spouse if that spouse lacks sufficient property to provide for his/her reasonable needs and that spouse is unable to support him/herself through appropriate employment, or that spouse is custodian of a child whose age or condition makes it inappropriate to seek employment outside the home.

 

Child Custody/Visitation:

Joint custody, with one parent designated "residential custodian" may be awarded when the parties submit a parenting plan.  If no plan is submitted, the court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interests of the child.

 

Child Support:

Child Support Guidelines based on Income Shares model, based on gross income both parents.  Support terminates at age 18 or when child graduates from high school.  Parents cannot be compelled to pay for the college education of their children.