A message from Bill Redak, creator of the Colorado Child Support Desktop Application

The desktop version of the Colorado Child Support Guidelines software program has been used by the Colorado Courts and Family Law practitioners for the past 30 years. But change has been made. That change involves a substantial change in how the program is sold, delivered and used. 

To make it possible for me (d.o.b. 1942) to ease out of this business, I have helped to develop a new web-based application in association with a company, Math4Law, founded by my friend Rami Cohen.  The goal is for the new company to take over the process of meeting your child support calculation needs. To insure a smooth transition, I promise not to abandon you, and for the next several years I will be working closely with Rami to be sure we get it done right.

At math4law.com, you will find the new “online” version of the child support program.  It is based on the style and code of my old school desktop program.  (The web-based program is not really a “program” in the usual sense.  Rather, it is a software service, access to which will now be sold on an annual subscription basis.)

The new program, updated for substantial changes to the child care credit calculation, effective in 2021, is available now at www.math4law.com. We have done our best to keep the user interface (Data Entry Screen) simple and easy to use - keeping closely to the same look and behavior as the desktop program some of you have been using for years (and years).

Because Math4Law is run in a browser, it can be used from a PC or a Mac, as well as from an iPad, iPhone or other similar portable device.  

There are multiple advantages to using a web-based program.  The most immediate advantages are:

(1) No more separately priced updates.  The Math4Law application will be updated, as needed, behind the scenes.  When a change in the forms or the law occurs, the application you see in your web browser will be in compliance with the changes.

(2) No need to install a program to a desktop computer, so a very little chance of having to call for help to get things set up and working on a new or worn out machine.

(3) A single low price ($149 per year) for all licensed users with no “upcharges” for multiple computers or employees, and no upcharges for multiple files. You can do unlimited child support calculations on a smartphone in the hallway of the courthouse (or even from the beach).

I appreciate your loyalty to the desktop program.  For some of you, that goes back to the beginning in 1990.  I also understand why you like the desktop program (ease of use being the most common feedback I receive), and we appreciate that there are other options out there for calculating child support.  With ease of use in mind, every effort has been made to maintain similarities as between the desktop and web-based programs. You can become an expert user of Math4Law in minutes, not hours or days.

Thanks for your continuing support (pun intended) of this program.