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Child Support Increases

The answer depends on the jurisdiction and the terms of either your settlement agreement or the final judgment of dissolution. In brief, there needs to be a change in circumstances that was substantial enough to justify a court re-opening a closed divorce file. There is not a particular amount of time that needs to pass, but rather a particular magnitude of change in either your circumstances or those of your former spouse needs to occur.

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