Once support issues have been ironed out over the course of a divorce, one tends to think they are set in stone. This is not the case, and the support amount may be adjusted later.<\/p>\n
“There are circumstances where support (alimony\/maintenance) may indeed be modified later and those may include losing a job, becoming disabled, having to take a significant pay cut to keep a job or other major changes in one’s life, such as a significant illness,” explained Bradley J. Hofland, a Las Vegas family law attorney with Hofland, Beasley & Galliher. Even though a final divorce decree stated amounts and times those payments were due, the law does understand that things change over time.<\/p>\n
“In order to go for a post-decree modification, the change to a person’s life must be a significant one in order for the courts to consider allowing a reduction in the amount of support originally part of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once support issues have been ironed out over the course of a divorce, one tends to think they are set in stone. This is not the case, and the support amount may be adjusted later. “There are circumstances where support…<\/span><\/p>\n