Colorado Laws on Property Division
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Property Division Guidelines.
[C.R.S. 14-10-113]
The court shall set apart to each spouse his or her separate property and shall divide the marital property, without regard to marital misconduct as the court deems just after considering all relevant factors including:

1. The contribution of each spouse to the acquisition of the marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as homemaker;

2. The value of the property set apart to each spouse;

3. The economic circumstances of each spouse at the time the property division is to become effective, including the desirability of awarding the family home or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse with whom any children reside the majority of the time; and

4. Any increase or decrease in the value of the separate property of the spouse during the marriage or the depletion of the separate property for marital purposes.

Definition of Marital Property.
"Marital property" means all property acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage except:

1. Property acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or descent;

2. Property acquired in exchange for property acquired prior to the marriage or in exchange for property acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or descent;

3. Property acquired by a spouse after a decree of legal separation; and

4. Property excluded by valid agreement of the parties.

All property acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage and prior to a decree of legal separation is presumed to be marital property, regardless of whether title is held individually or jointly by the spouses. This is overcome by a showing that the property was acquired by a method listed above.

Learn more about general property division in divorce or common ways to divide your property.

 

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This information has been summarized from the Colorado statutes. You can find the full-text version of these and other Colorado divorce statutes online here: Colorado divorce laws.