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Length of marriage and its effect on spousal support Guidelines are provided for marriages between three and 20 years, as follows: 3 years: 31% of combined adjusted gross income for 11 months. 5 years: 35% of combined adjusted gross income for 21 months. 10 years: 45% of combined adjusted gross income for 54 months.

If you can establish that your spouse can financially support themselves after the divorce, you may not be required to make spousal support payments. The court will consider various factors, such as income disparity and duration of payments, when determining the necessity of spousal support.

Spousal support (alimony) is never automatic in Colorado. Instead, a judge looks at each unique situation before deciding on spousal support, only in divorces in which spouses are unable to come to mutually agreeable terms on their own in a settlement agreement.

50% if the Social Security recipient is already supporting a spouse or child other than the spouse or child who is due child support (55% if the support is 12 or more weeks late). 60% if the recipient is not supporting another spouse or child (65% if the support is 12 or more weeks late).

Self-sufficiency of the Requesting Spouse: If the spouse seeking alimony is young, healthy, has a good education, or possesses marketable skills that enable self-sufficiency, the court may determine that maintenance is not necessary – do note this outcome is extremely rare and unlikely.

In many states, alimony automatically ends if there is evidence that the recipient spouse is cohabitating and sharing expenses with a new partner. However, this is not the case in Colorado. The state does not consider cohabitation as a significant change in circumstances.

Cohabitation and Alimony in Colorado Unlike some other states, in Colorado alimony doesn't necessarily end when the supported spouse cohabitates (lives with a partner in a romantic relationship). Cohabitation alone is not, by itself, reason enough to modify or end alimony.

Social Security benefits for a divorced spouse are calculated based on the ex-spouse's earnings record or their own earnings record, depending on which one is higher. You're entitled to half of your ex's benefits if you start collecting once you reach your full retirement age (FRA).

Once the court deems that spousal maintenance is appropriate, then it determines the amount and length of alimony based on the following formula: The amount of alimony is equal to 40% of the higher-income party's monthly adjusted gross income, minus 50% of the lower-income party's monthly adjusted gross income.