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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 26-0379.01 Lindy Schaible x4215 HOUSE BILL 26-1217
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING CORRECTING CROSS REFERENCES IN THE CHILD SUPPORT101
GUIDELINES.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Statutory Revision Committee. The bill corrects cross references
in the child support guidelines.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 7, 2026
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 6, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 9, 2026
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 6, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Espenoza and Bradley, Carter, Luck, DeGraaf, Garcia Sander, Hamrick, Phillips
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Rich and Ball, Exum, Coleman
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 14-10-115, amend1
as they will become effective March 1, 2026, (7)(a)(V)(B), (7)(a)(V)(C),2
(7)(a)(VI), (8)(a), and (8)(b) as follows:3
14-10-115. Child support guidelines - purpose - determination4
of income - schedule of basic child support obligations - adjustments5
to basic child support - additional guidelines - child support6
commission - definitions.7
(7) Schedule of basic child support obligations.8
(a) (V) (B) If the resulting difference calculated pursuant to9
subsection (7)(a)(V)(A) of this section is less than the reduced10
low-income adjustment calculated pursuant to subsection (7)(a)(III)(A)11
SUBSECTION (7)(a)(III)(B) of this section, the obligor's basic child support12
obligation is equal to the reduced low-income adjustment.13
(C) If the resulting difference calculated pursuant to subsection14
(7)(a)(V)(A) of this section is more than the reduced low-income15
adjustment calculated pursuant to subsection (7)(a)(III)(A) SUBSECTION16
(7)(a)(III)(B) of this section but less than the schedule of basic child17
support obligation, the obligor's basic child support obligation is equal to18
the amount calculated pursuant to subsection (7)(a)(V)(A) of this section.19
(VI) In addition to the adjustments described in this subsection20
(7)(a), the obligor's child support amount must be further adjusted for21
work-related and education-related child care costs, health insurance,22
extraordinary medical expenses, and other extraordinary adjustments as23
described in subsections (9), (10), (11)(a), (11)(b), and (11)(c)(II)24
(11)(c)(III) of this section.25
(8) Computation of basic child support - shared overnight26
parenting time - split physical care - stipulations - deviations - basis27
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for periodic updates.1
(a) A total child support obligation is determined by adding each2
parent's respective basic child support obligation, as determined through3
the child support guidelines and schedule of basic child support4
obligations specified in subsection (7) of this section, education and5
work-related net child care costs, extraordinary medical expenses, and6
extraordinary adjustments to the schedule of basic child support7
obligations, as described in subsections (9), (10), (11)(a), (11)(b), and8
(11)(c)(II) (11)(c)(III) of this section. The parent receiving a child9
support payment is presumed to spend the total child support obligation10
directly on the children. The parent paying child support to the other11
parent owes the total child support obligation as child support to the other12
parent minus any ordered payments included in the calculations made13
directly on behalf of the children for education and work-related net child14
care costs, extraordinary medical expenses, or extraordinary adjustments15
to the schedule of basic child support obligations, as described in16
subsections (9), (10), (11)(a), (11)(b), and (11)(c)(II) (11)(c)(III) of this17
section.18
(b) Shared overnight parenting time presumes that certain basic19
expenses for the children will be paid directly by the overnight parent;20
therefore, expenses may be duplicated and an adjustment for shared21
parenting time is necessary. The shared parenting time adjustment is22
calculated by identifying the parenting time credit percentage listed in the23
parenting time table in subsection (8)(h) of this section based upon the24
number of overnights for each parent. The parenting time credit is the25
total basic child support obligation multiplied by that parent's parenting26
time credit percentage. The shared parenting adjustment is deducted from27
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each parent's share of the basic child support obligation, which is in1
addition to each parent's proportionate share of education and2
work-related net child care costs, extraordinary medical expenses, and3
extraordinary adjustments to the schedule of basic child support4
obligations, as described in subsections (9), (10), (11)(a), (11)(b), and5
(11)(c)(II) (11)(c)(III) of this section. The parent owing the greater6
amount of child support owes the difference between the two amounts as7
a child support order minus any ordered direct payments made on behalf8
of the children for education and work-related net child care costs,9
extraordinary medical expenses, or extraordinary adjustments to the10
schedule of basic child support obligations, as described in subsections11
(9), (10), (11)(a), (11)(b), and (11)(c)(II) (11)(c)(III) of this section. The12
amount of child support ordered to be paid must not exceed the amount13
owed by that same parent if the parent had no overnights. For purposes14
of calculating overnights when two or more children are included in the15
child support worksheet calculation and the parties have a different16
number of overnights with each of the two or more children, the number17
of overnights is determined by adding the number of overnights for each18
child and dividing the resulting number by the number of children19
included in the child support worksheet calculation.20
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,21
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate22
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for23
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state24
institutions.25
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