When there has been a material change in circumstances regarding parenting time, legal decision-making, child support or several other previous orders from your family court judge, you may be able to modify the order in certain situations.

After an initial order is entered, the court will determine who is ultimately responsible for making decisions on the child(ren)’s behalf.  While these original orders could remain in effect until your child reaches maturity, parents may need to seek modifications to parenting orders.  Some reasons may include:

• One of the parents has physically relocated, making equal parenting time difficult or impossible.
• The child has experienced emotional, physical, mental, or sexual abuse.
• One of the parents is struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues.
• One of the parents refuses to abide by the current order.
• A parent’s living situation has changed drastically.
• The child(ren)’s needs have changed.