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If I file an action tomorrow to increase my ex-spouses child support obligation, will the increase be retroactive to the date I filed the case?

April 26, 2017Action child support ex-spouse file filed increase obligation retroactive tomorrow

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If I file an action tomorrow to increase my ex-spouses child support obligation, will the increase be retroactive to the date I filed the case?

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No. Any modification of child support, upward or downward, is effective as of the date of the order establishing the modification except in certain situations where the change is warranted due to an involuntary loss of income.