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When can custody and visitation agreements be modified?

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normally

a custody

or parenting plan

order

or a financial order for support would

become modifiable when there’s what is

called a material

or significant change of circumstances

as that is defined in the law

so

a fairly significant change of

circumstances and on the custody side

it might be the availability of the

parent it might be the age or maturity

level of the child it might be the

child’s

preferences

as they’re getting older

their schedule it might be unfortunately

because of something you know that’s

unfortunately going on in the other

parent’s life maybe with a mental health

issue

or uh an addiction uh something of that

nature depression

any of those things could give rise

and on the financial side it would

normally be

a material change in either either the

supporting party

is making

less in income

the supported party is making more

or

you might or there’s otherwise a

significant change in their overall

financial circumstances and on the child

support side maybe also a change in the

physical timeshare arrangement because

that does impact on issues of child

support

Los Angeles, CA family law attorney Craig S. Pedersen explains when and why custody and visitation agreements can be modified post judgment.

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