Greetings. Yes, I think that your changes are significant changes that may warrant a change in child support. Yes, there is a form for a motion to modify child support which you can find on the NC Administrative Office of Court’s website. Thank you.
Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
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Our joint custody agreement is 65% mother/35% father (me). She has also quit her job in order to pursue a master’s degree. Last summer (2004) my ex took me to court to get more time with children and therefore more money. She lost. At the same time, I tried to get my child support reduced due to a decrease in childcare. The judge never looked at any numbers and basically kept everything the same.
She will graduate this May and, hopefully, get a job with a higher salary than was in the original agreement. I also have kept records and can show that I keep the children more than 35% overnights. Due to the children getting older, less “school year” childcare is needed. Also, I pay for summer childcare and it was not accounted for in the original calculations. Do these reasons warrant a “significant change in circumstances” or do I have to wait 3 years from the last court date to have CS reevaluated? Also, I’ve heard of people being able to complete “forms” with the clerk of court in order to have CS revisited without hiring a lawyer, which is expensive. Are there such “forms”?