Estimators
See the shape of the numbers before you call anyone.
Two of the first questions almost everyone has are what child support might look like and whether maintenance is in play. These estimators give you a working sense of both in about a minute. They are illustrations, not answers.
Family Law
How much support does your matter really need?
Most people are more optimistic about their case than the facts warrant. Answer honestly and this reads your matter realistically, and points you to the level of support that actually fits, not the cheapest one.
1.Is the other party in agreement with you?
2.Are children or parenting time involved?
3.Any safety concerns, abuse, or protection orders?
4.How complex are the finances (business, property, retirement, support)?
5.How comfortable are you speaking for yourself in court?
Realistic reading
Answer all five for your reading.
Child support
Colorado child support estimator
Colorado uses an income shares model: the guideline starts from what the two incomes together would have supported in one household, then divides it by income and by how the overnights fall.
Your situation
When each parent has at least 93 overnights, the guideline switches to its shared physical care calculation, which raises the base figure to reflect two households.
Illustrative range
$289to$354
per month, paid by Parent B.
- Combined adjusted income
- $8,500
- Parenting time
- Shared physical care
Illustrative only, not legal advice and not a quote. A real order also turns on childcare, health insurance, extraordinary expenses, and imputed income, any of which can move this figure substantially.
Spousal maintenance
Colorado spousal maintenance estimator
Colorado publishes an advisory guideline for maintenance, both for the monthly amount and for how long it runs. Advisory is the operative word: the court weighs it, it is not bound by it.
Your situation
The guideline term table covers marriages from 3 to 20 years. Below three years the court works without it. Above twenty, maintenance may run for a term of years or indefinitely.
Guideline figure
$1,300
per month, paid by the higher earner.
- Guideline term
- 5 years and 11 months
- Share of the marriage
- 49%
Illustrative only, not legal advice and not a quote. The guideline is advisory: the court decides first whether maintenance is appropriate, then weighs need, ability to pay, and the property each spouse receives.
Parenting time
Parenting time calendar generator
Lay out a common parenting-time pattern on an actual calendar, then download it as a file you can import into Google, Apple, or Outlook calendar. This is an organizing tool, not a parenting plan: whatever your order or agreement says always controls.
Set up the calendar
Schedule pattern
Who has the child on the start date?
Preview
September 2026
This is a scheduling aid, not a legal document, and it does not reflect any specific court order or agreement. If a signed parenting plan or order exists, it controls, and this calendar should match it, not the other way around.