People’s lives and situations change over time, and divorced individuals and parents are no exception. You may find your situation changed since your divorce, and you need to request that the court modify your child support, alimony, child custody, or visitation order.

At Anne E. Raduns, P.A. we can assist you in requesting a post-judgment divorce modification, including the following:

• Child Custody Modification:  We have assisted clients throughout North Central Florida with requests for child custody modifications, including modifications based on abuse or neglect, or because of relocation issues. If your former spouse has developed a drug, alcohol, or other problem that could put your children at risk, custody and visitation arrangements may need to be modified.
• Visitation or Parenting-Plan Modification: We help men and women with requests to modify visitation schedules because of changes in work schedules, issues with the need for supervised visitation, or because of one parent's relocation out of state.
• Child Support Modification:  Our firm can handles post-divorce modification that assist mothers and fathers with requests to modify child support obligations due to a significant change in circumstances, such as losing or changing jobs, remarriage, or children leaving the home. We also can assist with child support enforcement and contempt actions.

Whether you are seeking an increase or a decrease in child support, it is important to act quickly. Orders for increases in child support are generally retroactive to the date of filing. Reductions in child support are usually only effective from the date the court actually signs the order. Unfortunately, this could be months after you filed for your reduction in child support.

• Alimony or Spousal Support Modification: Our firm also has extensive experience assisting clients with alimony and spousal support modification requests.  The Florida Legislature in 2005 enacted new laws to address the supportive relationship between a former spouse and a new paramour who are cohabitating but are not married. Prior to the statutory revision, some alimony recipients were taking advantage of this loophole by living with their new partner without the benefit of marriage in order to prevent their alimony from terminating. If your former spouse is financially interdependent with another person, is commingling assets, and/or is in a relationship that is substantially similar to a marriage, you may have grounds for an action to modify or terminate your spousal support obligation.

If circumstances have changed substantially since your divorce, please contact Anne E. Raduns, P.A. to discuss child support modification or changes to custody, visitation, or alimony/spousal support.