If there have been changes to your child’s needs or a parent’s financial situation, modifying your child support order might be necessary. An Illinois child support order can be reviewed for modification every three years. Still, if there are significant changes in circumstances, the court may allow the modification to happen before the three-year mark. You must file the correct paperwork when deciding to make modifications. A child support attorney can help.
Grounds for Modification
The court will then listen to your case if it has one of the following:
- A substantial change in either parent’s financial situation
- It has been at least three years since the child support plan was put into order
- If the previous order did not address healthcare coverage for the child
- If a written request is for review by DCSS from a custodial parent, non-custodial parent, or another state
Reasons For Modifications
Child support orders can only be modified if there have been considerable changes in circumstances. This may need clarification, as the law does not explicitly outline what that could mean. Below are a few examples of changes that may require child support modifications.
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