Legal Question in Family Law in Colorado
Is there an age when childcare no longer applies?
Is there an age for a child, like maybe 12, 13 or 16 etc where the Judge may find it unreasonable that a mother is claiming childcare expenses? I can understand for a toddler or young kid who is not in school, or even a young kid in school, but not a pre-teen or teen.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Is there an age when childcare no longer applies?
Yes. Child care costs may be taken into consideration only to age 13 (unless the child is disabled).
See OAR 137.050.0420:
Child Care Costs ----
(1) The child support obligation shall be adjusted for child care costs for a joint child under the age of 13 or a disabled child in an amount equal to the annualized monthly child care costs, including government child care subsidies, less the estimated federal and state child care credit payable on behalf of a joint child.
L.D. Gorin
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