Reducing Child Support Payments

Do you have a child support order or do you anticipate having one in the near future? Reducing your child support payments is something you may have considered lately. The Labor Department reports that 3.6 million jobs have been lost since the recession started in December of 2007. The forecast ahead does not look any brighter either. Perhaps you've been laid off. Or maybe, you're not laid off but your hours may have been reduced.

What are you to do then? Do you just pay what you can afford or nothing at all? The answer is NO. Doing that will more than likely land you in trouble because you can be found to be in non-compliance of a legal court order - a child support order in this case. The only legal way to reduce or perhaps even eliminate your child support payment is through the same legal process that instituted the child support order in the first place.

For a court to be able to reduce or adjust your payments, there has to have been a significant change in your circumstance that does not permit you to make payments as you did previously. With the present state of the economy, the most significant change in circumstance would be a loss in income, either totally or partially. Other circumstances would be other family obligations or changes in custody.

Reducing your child support payments begins with you filing a petition with the court. What if I cannot afford a lawyer you may ask? Not to worry. In this day and age, people have had to resort to being DIYers (Do It Yourselfers). If you can afford by all means knock yourself out, but you'll be surprised to realize that this is something you can do on your own without the need of a lawyer, thereby saving yourself a tidy amount of money.

Discover the step by step actions you need to take to have your child support order reduced immediately. Get your copy of the Child Support Reducer guide today and get a lifeline of your own. This is the information your ex and their case worker hoped you would never find out.