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            How to Change a Support Order:

Your child support order amount is based on the income of both parents and the needs of the child. It specifies how much support should be paid, when it should be paid, who pays support and who receives support.  Support orders may need to be changed to meet the current needs of the parents and child.

If you have a case with us you can ask us to review your support order. You may qualify for a support order review if:
  1. Your current child support order will not end within 6 months from when we receive your request.
  2. Your support order has not been changed or reviewed in the last 3 years,
    OR
  3. You can show a large change in your life. For example, an increase or decrease in income or a change in the child's needs such as the child becomes disabled.

Other reasons to modify a support order include:
  • Adding or removing a child from the order
  • Extending the time support needs to be paid (Example: Your child is still in high school)
  • Adding or removing medical support from the order
In family law and public policy, child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship. Child maintenance is paid directly or indirectly by an obligor to an obligee for the care and support of children of a relationship that has been terminated, or in some cases never existed. Often the obligor is a non-custodial parent. The obligee is typically a custodial parent, a caregiver, a guardian, or the state.

Depending on the jurisdiction, a custodial parent may pay child support to a non-custodial parent. Typically one has the same duty to pay child support irrespective of sex, so a mother is required to pay support to a father just as a father must pay a mother. Where there is joint custody, the child is considered to have two custodial parents and no non-custodial parents, and a custodial parent with a higher income (obligor) may be required to pay the other custodial parent (obligee).

In family law, child support is often arranged as part of a divorce, marital separation, dissolution of marriage, annulment, determination of parentage or dissolution of a civil union and may supplement alimony (spousal support) arrangements.
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