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Child and Spousal Support
The court may modify child support provisions in judgments at any time until the child reaches 18 years of age and until the age of 19 1/2 under statutes providing for postmajority support. The specific statutes provide for modification
- “as the circumstances of the parents and the benefit of the children require,” (divorce, separate maintenance, annulment)
- “upon proper application to the court and due notice to the opposite party,” (Family Support Act)
- “for proper cause shown or because of change of circumstances,” (Child Custody Act)
Modification of spousal support is possible only upon a showing of new facts or changed circumstances arising since the judgment that justify a revision. . The petitioner has the burden of justifying a change.