Do you believe that you may be either -- Receiving too Little, or, Paying too Much?

California law generally entitles you (Mom or Dad) to a recalculation of child support where any one of the following is true:

1. You have had one or more new children (not including stepchildren);

2. Your income has gone down (or your ex's has gone up);

3. Your custody percentage has gone up; and/or

4. Your original computation was incorrect.

In one of our cases, Dad was under a Court Order to pay $500/ month. Over the course of several years, his custody percentage went up and his income went down. Meanwhile, Mom's income increased substantially.

In the above case, we ran a recalculation and it showed that instead of paying $500 per month, Dad should be receiving $600 per month. We were then able to accomplish the modification within several weeks.

If you believe that you may be entitled to a modification, it is important that you note that modifications are NOT retroactive !!!

In the above example, Dad would have actually been entitled to the modification at least one year earlier. But, because he did not take action at that time, he suffered a financial loss of over $12,000.

Again, because modifications are not retroactive, the Court could not make any adjustment to compensate Dad for not filing earlier.

If you are interested in setting up a low-cost consultation (including running DissoMaster/Support Guideline computations) to see whether or not you may be entitled to a modification of child support, click here.