Your divorce judgment may include court orders dealing with parenting, child
support and spousal support. Both parents must obey these orders. When one parent
does not, the other parent can take action. Here are two examples.
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When
you are scheduled to see your child but your former spouse
will not allow it, you can go back to court to ask for help.
A judge may set out a very specific schedule for access or
grant extra time to make up for the visits you missed. You
could also ask the judge to change the parenting arrangements. |
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When
your spouse is supposed to pay child or spousal support under
a court order, but is not paying, enforcement offices will
help you collect the money. All provinces and territories have
these offices. |
To
find out how you can get help dealing with these situations, get in
touch with your local court or family law information office, the support
enforcement program in your province or territory, or a lawyer.
How can I get a court order changed?
The divorce judgment legally ends your marriage and that cannot be changed.
But sometimes you may need to change other parts of the judgment, such as the
parenting arrangements for the child, or child or spousal support. You may
ask a judge to change an order for custody or access when there has been a
significant change in the condition, means, needs or other circumstances of
the child and/or yourself or the other parent since the last order was made.
You may ask a judge to change an order for child support if:
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the
special expenses of the child change; |
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your
income or your former spouse's income changes; and/or |
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there
are other significant changes in your circumstances or those
of your
former spouse or the children. In some cases, you may also
change a spousal support order. |
If
you cannot agree, you can go back to court, present your case and ask
a judge to make a new order.
.At
Russell Alexander, Family Lawyers our focus is exclusively family law.
To find out more about our services, we invite you to contact
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