After a court has established child support, parents are entitled to a review and possible modification of the payments. Illinois allows child support modifications in three situations:
- When three years have passed since the child support was enacted or last modified;
- When there is a significant change in the needs of a child; or
- When there is a significant change in the income of one of the parents.
A recent Illinois appellate court case involved a father requesting to lower his child support payments. The court found that the father had proven a viable reduction in his income and rejected the mother’s argument that the support payments should remain the same.
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