Alimony / Maintenance
Colorado uses the term “Maintenance” for spousal support paid by one party to another in a divorce/legal separation. Many states use the term “Alimony”. Colorado provides for a presumptive sum of temporary maintenance for certain income qualifying cases. For any permanent maintenance or maintenance that extends beyond the entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage/legal separation, a party must demonstrate that he/she lacks sufficient property to provide for his/her reasonable needs and is unable to support himself/herself through appropriate employment. Certain exceptions apply for a parent caring for a very young child. The amount and duration of any maintenance award is case specific and dependent on the facts of that situation.
