Bradley Beach, NJ family law attorney Amy Harris explains how job loss can affect the obligation to pay child support. She explains that a temporary job loss is not enough to justify changing child support obligations. To modify child support, there must be a permanent and substantial change in circumstances. While “permanent” and “substantial” can be somewhat subjective terms, the law requires more than someone losing a job today and running to court the next day for a modification. For job loss to impact child support, there must be proof that the individual has made every reasonable effort to secure new employment with income comparable to what they earned at the time the original support order was calculated.