It is unfortunate that people get divorced; and it doesn’t just happen in dysfunctional families. It happens in the best of families also. After the divorce proceedings, one would normally think that is the closure. However, some details are not necessarily over and done with. Issues like child custody, child support or spousal support may change drastically if one party’s circumstances change. At such times, there may need to be modifications in the divorce agreement. There are several of these TYPES OF MODIFICATIONS. It may take an attorney to help navigate through some of them.
Divorce modifications occur primarily because something changed in the status of one of the partners in the divorce settlement. If one of the parties relocated, for example, that could change the amount of alimony or child support payments, or even the status of the custodial arrangement. If one of the parties lost his or her job, that also could make a big difference in the amount of financial transactions coming in or going out. It is important to remember, though, being unemployed does not necessarily cause the court to decrease the payments that must be paid.
Concerning child support payments, the details of those arrangements may seem quite peculiar. While a decrease in having to pay child support is not retroactive, if the payments are increased, they are retroactive. Another troubling thing to know is that if it was written in the divorce agreement for no modifications of the agreement, that will cost even more problems should a modification become a necessity. Other types of modifications that may come up are for time shares for quality relationship building with the children and the shared legal responsibilities between the parents.
The law firm of Rohe Twyman has been providing legal solutions in family law for clients in the Lake County, Florida and the Orange County, Florida areas. These practice areas include prenuptial agreements, divorce modifications, paternity, the collaborative process for dissolution and other related issues. Because changes are bound to happen that may affect the financial status of either parent, it is best to have an attorney as the representative to ensure of getting the best possible outcome.
