Income Section
All amounts should be entered as Monthly Amounts.
Monthly Gross Income
Use gross, not net, income. See C.R.S. § 14-10-115 (5) for the definition of gross income.
Maintenance received should not be included in this box. Maintenance can be calculated by the application, or manually entered as a separate item in the next row.
Do not include child support. Child support received is not income.
Press the calculator button to calculate monthly income from hourly rate. The calculator provides common options for hourly rate, hours per week, and weeks per year.
Maintenance Received
This entry is for maintenance received by this party from the other party in this case.
If maintenance is not taxed, the application will increase this amount by 25% (or by 33% if over $10,000) and then add the increased amount to other income of the party receiving the payment. This increase will only be for the purpose of determining combined income for use in the child support calculation. See CRS § 14-10-114(8)(c)(I)(H).
Maintenance payments for agreements entered prior to January 1, 2019 are typically deductible by the payor and are taxable income for the recipient. Maintenance payments for agreements entered on or after January 1, 2019 are typically non-deductible by the payor and are non-taxable income for the recipient.
Stated otherwise, you do not need to do a "side calculation" to add maintenance to other income.
Do not use this field for maintenance paid to another. Maintenance paid to others is entered below.
Child Support Paid (Court Ordered)
This entry is for cash child support ordered to be paid by this parent to someone else for support of other children. It will be subtracted from income. See CRS § 14-10-115(6)(a)(I).
Do not confuse this entry with the calculated amount that will appear on line 1(d) of the Worksheet if this parent has direct financial responsibilities for "non-joint" other kids.
This deduction used to be (but is no longer) limited to "prior born" children.
Child Support Paid (No Court Order)
This entry is for cash child support paid by this parent to someone else for support of other children when there is no underlying court order. It will be subtracted from income. See CRS § 14-10-115(6)(a)(III).
There is a statutory limit for this entry if there is no court order for such support. The amount should not exceed the amount set forth in the schedule of basic support obligations. The application does not calculate this limit for you.
Do not confuse this entry with the calculated amount that will appear on line 1(d) of the Worksheet if this parent has direct financial responsibilities for "non-joint" other kids.
Number of Non-Joint Children
This row is for the number of "non-joint" children of each party. If a party has other children from another relationship for whom the party has (and fulfills) an "undefined" financial responsibility, the party will get an income deduction for purposes of determining child support in the present case. See CRS § 14-10-115(6)(a)(II) and CRS § 14-10-115(6)(b).
The application will use this entry, following a statutory formula, to calculate the amount to be deducted. The calculated amount will appear below.
This entry is usually intended for non-joint children living with this party when no particular payment of money can be directly traced to this child.
Maintenance Paid (Different Marriage)
This entry is for maintenance paid to a former spouse. It is not clear whether this deduction is allowable for maintenance paid to a "subsequent" spouse when determining income in a child support modification proceeding involving children from an earlier marriage. Your thoughts on this question would be appreciated.
Maintenance Received (Different Marriage)
This entry is for maintenance received from a former spouse. If maintenance is not taxed, the application will increase this amount by 25% (or by 33% if over $10,000). See CRS § 14-10-115(3)(a)(II) and CRS § 14-10-115(5)(a)(I.5).