Divorce in Colorado, written for men.

No. Neither spouse has to leave unless a court orders it, and Colorado has no abandonment rule because it is a no-fault state. Moving out does not cost you the equity. It does cost you a second rent while you still owe half the mortgage, and it sets a parenting routine the court may keep. The full answer.

If you can carry it alone and buy out her share. Equity, affordability, desirability, in that order; a lender confirms the affordability piece before any deadline is written. The buyout math.

Colorado decides parenting time on the children’s best interests with no preference for either parent. Equal or near-equal time is common when both parents can provide it and live close enough for the schedule to work. Where you live after the divorce is part of that. Parenting time and the house.

Maintenance: 40 percent of combined income minus her income, times 80 or 75 percent, for a term tied to marriage length, advisory. Child support: both incomes, the statutory schedule, credited for every overnight under the 2026 formula. Worked examples.

The part earned during the marriage is marital and divisible, whoever’s name is on it. What you owned before, and inheritances to you, stay separate if you can trace them. The house is often the asset you trade to keep the business or the pension. Business and retirement.

No, and the money works differently after 50: pensions, Social Security, health insurance, a paid-off house. Divorce after 50 for men.

Colorado judges divide property equitably and decide parenting on the children’s interests. The person who follows the injunction, pays what the orders say, keeps a log and stays civil in writing is the one the court believes. That is a plan you control.

An attorney or the free self-help center for the forms; a mediator; a financial professional if there is a business or a pension; us for the house; and someone for you: a counselor, a friend, 988. Resources.