The Child Support Flux

Child support has a unique legal status - while most court decisions are final and binding, child support can be modified by the court at the request of one of the parties. While this might present a compelling philosophical dilemma about the ever changing nature of child support, it does pose a practical nightmare - if the parties' circumstances change frequently, and the parties are willing to constantly keep arguing over it, the result is a myriad of decisions, each setting different child support sums and terms.

The erudite reader will probably suggest to just look at the latest judgment. But in reality, the latest judgment might miss some information that the previous judgments had, making it a nightmare to decipher the factors that determine the ultimate amount of child support. in addition, previous decisions may be better reasoned, or even simply be better for your client.

The bottom line - just like any other dynamic number, the amount of child support is difficult to determine, and even when you determine the right amount, and everyone agrees, the parties circumstances may change, and the game starts all over again.