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first of all it’s very important that if
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you lose your job
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you file a petition to modify your
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support obligations immediately
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in illinois the court can only
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retroactively modify support
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back to the date that a motion asking
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for that relief is filed
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so waiting after a job loss can
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sometimes be detrimental to the person
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whose obligation it is to pay
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in addition to acting quickly it’s also
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important to note that
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the court can take into account why you
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lost your job
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in situations where a person has been
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fired for cause
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it can sometimes be much more difficult
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to modify although not impossible simply
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because the court is going to look at
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that
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as something that the party did
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themselves as opposed to something that
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happened to the party
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in addition certain circumstances may
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arise where the loss of employment or
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the loss of income was contemplated
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earlier on
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and that can also affect whether or not
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the court will grant relief