Child Support — Modification of Attorney in Portland, Oregon

How can child support payments be modified after a divorce?

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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.

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