# Child Support Modified **URL:** \ **Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\ **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637 "2010-02-01T15:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pchristie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@pchristie](https://forum.rosen.com/u/pchristie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/1 "2010-02-01T15:57:43Z")
Can you tell me how long you can wait to have child support modified based on our separtion agreement. In our separation agreement I agreed to XYZ amount but now I have taken a much lesser pay in order to have a job and I can not continue to pay what I agreed in the separation papers- what can I do and what would be the process? thanks ---
**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/2 "2010-02-01T16:02:55Z")
If support is outlined in a Separation Agreement you will need to file an original action for child support with the court. Normally a temporary hearing can be set within in 2 or 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![pchristie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@pchristie](https://forum.rosen.com/u/pchristie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/3 "2010-02-01T16:18:46Z")
is that what the form is called I would fill out? Orginal Action for child support? is this form on your website? I thought once a separation agreement was signed, etc that you could not go back to court for 3 years? is this not true? ---
**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/4 "2010-02-01T17:08:41Z")
You need to file a lawsuit Child Support. To initiate suit you need to file a complaint. A separation agreement is not a court order, so you do not need to wait 3 years. Your case will not be a modification since child support was never set by the court in the first place, hence the term original action. ---
**Author:** ![pchristie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@pchristie](https://forum.rosen.com/u/pchristie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/5 "2010-02-01T18:23:16Z")
do you have an example of this on your site? I have looked but do not see a example or file called lawsuit child support ---
**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/6 "2010-02-01T18:26:26Z")
There may be one in the forms library. ---
**Author:** ![pchristie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@pchristie](https://forum.rosen.com/u/pchristie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/7 "2010-02-01T19:05:35Z")
do you mean the “Court Complaint for Custody, Support, Alimony and Property Division” form? Sorry I am just not clear ---
**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-support-modified/9637/8 "2010-02-01T19:38:23Z")
Yes, yours would only contain the claim for child support.