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Modification of Child Support |
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The court has the discretion and authority to modify child support provisions in judgments at any time, until the child reaches 18 years old or until 19 ½ if they have not graduated from high school, but are full time students. In order for the court to allow a modification of previously ordered child support, the court must determine that there has been proper cause or a change of circumstances. Additionally, the change in circumstances must result in a modification greater than 10% or $50.00 a month, which ever is greater. These threshold requirements are designed to keep a party from filing for modification, even though the change in circumstances or proper cause has a minimal effect on the support amount. The party seeking modification has the burden of establishing that there is proper cause or that there has been a change of circumstances.
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