Florida law allows a husband or wife to file a modification action to modify child support, alimony and/or a Parenting Plan. However, in order to modify an existing Court Order, the party must prove that a substantial change of circumstances has occurred in your case wherein the substantial change must be involuntary, unplanned, material, significant and/or permanent. The Court will consider the following factors:
- Substantial decrease or increase in income and/or cost of living
- Significant changes in health
- Disability, serious bodily injury or illness
- Retirement
- Involuntary loss of a job
- Promotion
- Cohabitation of the spouse receiving alimony
- Death of either party
- A parent has been diagnosed with a severe mental illness
- A parent is suffering from substance abuse
- There is sufficient evidence to prove that a parent has abused or neglected a child
- A custodial parent relocates to a new city or state (as long as the relocation is more than 50 miles away from the child’s current home)