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Often, due to the passage of time, or due to
changes in incomes of the parties or other circumstances,
it becomes necessary to ask the court to modify previous
orders. Most often it is the child support provisions
which are in need of modification, however, it sometimes
becomes appropriate to modify custody and parenting time.
It is not unusual to have to re-visit all of these issues
at the same time. Loss of a job or the relocation (or
anticipated relocation) of the custodial parent are just
some of the many changes in circumstance that can trigger
a need for modification.
With respect to child support, the issue of
modification can arise in one of two ways: either because
the parties' divorce or custody orders require annual or
other periodic review and updating or because one of the
parties has initiated a review due to the passage of time or
because one or both parties' financial circumstances have
changed since the last court order was entered. Child
support will only be modified if the financial information
exchanged between the parties reveals that the resultant
child support, per the child support formula, would be
at least 10% higher or lower than the existing order.
With respect to custody, parenting time and so forth,
the court will look at the changed circumstances and
then determine the appropriate thing to do in light of the
best interests of the children, as was done in the original
custody determination. Every case is different and there
are endless possible changes in circumstances which might
warrant a review of the custodial arrangements. For
that reason, it is difficult to generalize here about how
the court might resolve a given set of facts.
For more information or to discuss the particulars
of you case with Mr. Calder personnally, call (303)
751-9462. He offers a free one-half hour initial
consultation, either by phone or in his office, your
choice.