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it can be modified through the
Oregon like the state of Oregon doj
there’s a Child Support Division within
the doj um I believe it’s actually the
largest I think employ the most
attorneys in the entire doj to deal with
child support or at least the most
employees um are in the child support
enforcement Division and so you can so
if you have a loss of income for example
or the parenting time that you have with
your child changes subst Al during the
course of having a minor child you can
then ask the state to modify
administratively so there’s a
modification administratively or
sometimes people just jump ahead and
they file through the Circuit Court this
the administrative process once you get
a decision administratively on a child
support modification through the state
you can appeal that you have a certain
period of time to appeal that to the
state to the Circuit Court and the
county that your case is in and you can
actually then have the County Court
Circuit Court look at that
administrative decision and make it
decision um kind of denovo which they
look at all the facts over again if you
don’t like it so if you don’t if you
think the state administrative decision
making was incorrect on the modification
you can then appeal that and have it
looked at Again by the court
Portland, OR family law attorney Tate Justesen talks about how child support payments can be modified after a divorce.