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Do It Yourself - Child Support
Frequently Asked Questions about Child Support
This resource has answers to questions such as how child support is set up, how long a person will have to pay, how to get help collecting child support, what if absent parent lives out of the state or country plus more, including links to court instructions and forms.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Child Support
(Separate Website)
This website describes the definition of child support; directions on how to get child support; how to establish paternity; how to get a child support order; and how to collect support.
By: www.thebeehive.org
Colorado Child Support Enforcement Program
(Separate Website)
The Colorado Child Support Enforcement Program will put children first by helping both parents assume responsibility for the economic and social well-being, health and stability of their children. This resource serves to help parents and employers understand all obligations that come with establishing child support
By: Colorado Department of Human Services
Child Support and Alimony from Military Personnel and Department of Defense Employees
(Separate Website)
Information about garnishing the pay of active, reserve, and retired members of the military and the pay of civilian employees of the Federal government for payment of child and/or spousal support.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act
(Separate Website)
Overview of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
International Child Support
(Separate Website)
When one parent is in a foreign country, finding a way to enforce a U.S. child support order overseas can be a daunting prospect. This resource helps.
By: The Office of Child Support Enforcement
Appropriate Dispute Resolution
(Separate Website)
This information will help you learn about the many options you have when you are involved in a dispute.
By: Colorado Bar Association
How to File Contempt of Court in Domestic Cases
(Separate Website)
This site has instructions and forms you need when filing contempt of court citations. Please make sure you read the instructions before downloading the forms you need. You must have Adobe Reader on your computer. If you do not, go to www.adobe.com, look for the icon "Get Adobe Reader", click on it and follow instructions.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch
A Father's Guide to Child Support
(Separate Website)
This handbook serves to help fathers
understand how child support works. Children have the right to receive support from both parents and do not lose that right when a parent is not in their home.
By: CDHS, Division of Child Support Enforcement
Free Legal Information from LawLine9
(Separate Website)
This program is designed to provide information on options, legal information and suggestions where the individual may go for legal assistance. They are designed to aid understanding of legal issues and not designed to provide specific legal advice for individual circumstances.
By: Denver Bar Association
Information and forms about Parenting time, Divorce and more
(Separate Website)
This page contains links to more information about parenting classes in Colorado, filing fees, divorce actions without children or where custody of the children is uncontested, and parenting time.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch
Office of Dispute Resolution
(Separate Website)
If you have a legal dispute, the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) may be able to help. This link will take you to their homepage. The ODR exists to establish and make available dispute resolution programs and services within the Colorado Judicial Branch.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch
Talk with a Lawyer on Law Line 9
An advice line providing brief direction on legal problems.
By: Channel 9 News in Denver, Colorado
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