Anyone who believes that divorce totally ends the relationship between spouses has never actually experienced a divorce. Divorces may legally sever the legal and financial relationship between two people, but they cannot sever the emotional and familial relationships, especially if there are children involved. Issues will linger and require interaction and attention at some level for years after the divorce decree is issued.
One issue that usually plagues divorces involving children is child support. When divorced parents seek a Greeley, CO child support modification, they must be prepared to present a solid case for their request, to supply backing documentation that demonstrates the change of circumstances they are basing their request on – and, most importantly, they must file their Greeley, CO child support modification request in a timely manner.
Time Is the Enemy
When it comes to Greeley, CO child support modification, time is the main enemy. While the courts tend to look favorably on reasonable and well-documented requests for modifications in child support, these adjustments are usually only retroactive only to the date the modification request was filed.
What this means in a practical sense is that any delay between your change in circumstances and actually filing the modification request paperwork can cost you a lot of money, as the modification won’t be retroactive to the earliest possible date.
It should be noted that prompt filing is no guarantee that such orders will be made retroactive. The court has discretion to make orders retroactive to the date of filing, to a later date, or not at all if it concludes that such an order would be an unnecessary hardship on the other spouse. Still, it is a best practice to file a request for modification as soon as circumstances change.