How can child support be modified and if so, how often?
Arizona allows for child support to be reviewed by the court every three years. The party requesting the review needs to be able to prove a substantial and continuous change in the party’s circumstances to warrant the change. Furthermore, the change needs to be at least a fifteen percent (15%) increase or decrease from the previous child support order. The parties are required to exchange financial information every three years so that they can assess whether or not they need to go to court to have child support modified. If a party determines that there is a substantial increase or decrease in the child support, then the party needs to file with the court for a modification of child support. However, there are cases in which the child support should be modified before the three years has passed. This includes when at least one child of the order has turned eighteen (18) and has graduated high school; when there is a change in the physical custody of the child; when there is a substant
