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CHILD SUPPORT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Mothers and fathers bring different, but equally important, qualities to support their children. In a divorce or non-marital situation, either parent may be granted custody of the child – or both may share equally in the physical custody and/or decision making responsibility.
Bringing a child into the world means making a commitment to care and support for him or her throughout childhood – ensuring the best possible environment to grow in. Children need safe places to live, nourishing food, education, and a solid foundation of values.
Your child support payments can be changed only by a court’s modification order. The modification process can increase or decrease payments. The ways you can lower child support payments will vary by circumstance. You will need to convince a court that the financial situation of one or both of the parents has changed substantially generally. To lower your payments, you will need to file a motion in court to modify your child support payments. Most courts have pre-printed “fill in the blank” motion forms You will need to file this motion in the court that issued the initial child support order.