"I need to change my child support payments"
Folks, this is one of the most common phrases we hear in our family law practice.
People who want to change child support payments may present the following reasons (or a combination of them):
1. the payor may be making more money
2. the child is no longer in contact with the payor - ie: I am not seeing my child, why should I pay?
3. the child is over 18
4. the child is no longer in school full-time
5. the recipient of child support is refusing to provide the payor with information about the child's school attendance
6. the payor may be making less money...
and so on and so on.....this is not a complete list by any means.
Also, in the above list, not all reasons are actual reasons why child support would be changed by the Court.
When considering a change in child support, you need to address two basic questions:
1. do I have a legitimate reason to change child support? and
2. how do I do it? - the procedure differs depending on whether the child support payments are being made based on a Court Order, based on a Separation Agreement or based on a verbal agreement.
As to a potential reason for the change, this is a legal issue and we suggest you obtain legal advice on it.
As to the procedure, we will soon be able to assist, even if you are self-represented. We are about to launch a series of Manuals and Kits, including to assist you in changing your child support payments.
STAY TUNED!!!!
UPDATE - January, 2018
We are pleased to let you know that our Etsy shop is now OPEN!
Visit it here: SELFREP SUPPORT
In the shop, we make available to you Manuals (E-books) on various topics, to assist you in representing yourself before Ontario's family law Courts.
So far, we have Manuals on:
Folks, this is one of the most common phrases we hear in our family law practice.
People who want to change child support payments may present the following reasons (or a combination of them):
1. the payor may be making more money
2. the child is no longer in contact with the payor - ie: I am not seeing my child, why should I pay?
3. the child is over 18
4. the child is no longer in school full-time
5. the recipient of child support is refusing to provide the payor with information about the child's school attendance
6. the payor may be making less money...
and so on and so on.....this is not a complete list by any means.
Also, in the above list, not all reasons are actual reasons why child support would be changed by the Court.
When considering a change in child support, you need to address two basic questions:
1. do I have a legitimate reason to change child support? and
2. how do I do it? - the procedure differs depending on whether the child support payments are being made based on a Court Order, based on a Separation Agreement or based on a verbal agreement.
As to a potential reason for the change, this is a legal issue and we suggest you obtain legal advice on it.
As to the procedure, we will soon be able to assist, even if you are self-represented. We are about to launch a series of Manuals and Kits, including to assist you in changing your child support payments.
STAY TUNED!!!!
UPDATE - January, 2018
We are pleased to let you know that our Etsy shop is now OPEN!
Visit it here: SELFREP SUPPORT
In the shop, we make available to you Manuals (E-books) on various topics, to assist you in representing yourself before Ontario's family law Courts.
So far, we have Manuals on:
- preparing an effective Financial Statement (both long-form and short-form);
- preparing an effective Affidavit; and
- the basics of service and filing...
MORE MANUALS TO COME!
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