Legal Opinion · Dissent

Casteel v. Davidson

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 20, 2003No. 02SC333Published

1DissentJustice Kourlis

Because John M. Davidson's inheritance was not a regular occurrence that was likely to be repeated under the holding of this court in In re the Marriage of Nimmo, 891 P.2d 1002 (Colo.1995), I do not believe it should be included in his gross income for purposes of calculating child support. Rather, I suggest that Nimmo dictates that the child support caleulation should include only the reasonable income from that principal amount in Davidson's gross income, because Davidson regularly and predictably receives that interest. Therefore, I respectfully dissent and would affirm the court of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Vaughan v. McMinnSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
  2. Corsentino v. CordovaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  3. People v. SwainSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
  4. People Ex Rel. J.R.T. v. MartinezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2003
  5. Weld County School District Re-12 v. BymerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998

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