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Appeals judge urges Colorado Supreme Court to analyze alimony obligations after spouses’ remarriage

Aug 28, 2025

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Michael Karlik

A member of Colorado’s second-highest court urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to address a question that has produced inconsistent answers over five decades: When divorcing spouses agree that one must pay the other alimony, do they need to explicitly mention what will happen if the receiving spouse gets remarried? The purpose of alimony,…
Appeals court rules for first time that Social Security benefits can be included in alimony

Jul 10, 2024

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Michael Karlik

Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that federal law does not prohibit a person’s Social Security benefits from being diverted to pay for their ex-spouse’s alimony. Although other states’ courts had addressed the issue, the Court of Appeals never previously evaluated the meaning of two provisions of federal law as applied to divorced couples. First,…

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