Bellevue child support modifications are law suits seeking some change in an existing child support order. Bellevue child support modifications may be brought to change provisions such as the amount of the transfer payment, the amount paid by each parent toward uninsured medical expenses, credit given for residential time, or which parent shall carry the children’s insurance. Bellevue child support modifications may also be filed for payment of post-secondary educational expensed for a child about to graduate from high school.

Any order of child support may be modified upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances. What qualifies as a substantial change of circumstances for Bellevue child support modifications include but are not limited to involuntary unemployment or a change in residential parent. Furthermore, Bellevue child support modifications may be brought without a substantial change in circumstances if the order is at least a year old, and the current order works an economic hardship on the obligor, a child under the order turns twelve years old, there is a need for a child’s support beyond high school, or if the action is to create an automatic adjustment.

Bellevue child support modifications are started by filing a summons and petition for modification along with various required documents that show the income of the parties. While the law recognizes a need to set child support at reasonable levels, and the availability of Bellevue child support modifications promotes this, there is also a need to keep unnecessary litigation at a minimum. Bellevue child support modifications have a series of legal procedures that must be carefully followed in order to promote both policies.

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