Columbus, Ohio, Child Support Modification Lawyers

Columbus Attorneys for Modification of Existing Court Orders

"The only constant is change."
— Heraclitus

Change can be a challenging issue to confront, especially for broken families or families who have moved forward with their lives after divorce, dissolution or separation. When your family faces change, Edward F. Whipps & Associates can help you change child custody, visitation and child support court orders to better suit your needs and the needs of your children. Our Columbus area law offices focus exclusively on family law issues. Child custody and child support modifications are handled by our experienced matrimonial and domestic relations law attorneys.

Modify Court Orders of Child Support With Our Experienced Guidance

Child support enables the parent with primary residential or physical custody to provide for the financial well-being of the child, insuring the child has the appropriate nourishment and shelter, and that other financial needs are met. In a fluctuating economy, and as the child grows, these needs can change. Likewise, as the circumstances of each parent change — for the better or worse — the ability to provide support can substantially change.

Ohio courts usually grant child support modification if there is a substantial change in circumstances. This may include the death of a child, the child becoming an adult or the addition of a new child into the family. Child support modifications may also be granted when the incomes of the parents change significantly, such as when one parent's employment status changes or when a parent's child support obligations for other children change. Our Columbus, Ohio, child support modification attorneys can help you demonstrate such changes to the court — or defend your case that child support should not be modified.

Columbus and Dublin, Ohio, Attorneys — Change Child Custody Visitation

Child custody and visitation modifications are often needed as children grow older. Their educational and social needs change and with them, schedules that work for visitation. Our Columbus and Dublin, Ohio, lawyers help clients deal with the need to change child custody and visitation. Our extensive background in psychology combined with our vast resources to psychological and social work experts can play an important role in demonstrating a need for a change in child custody, particularly if there are allegations of child abuse or neglect, parental chemical dependency or other delicate issue affecting a child's well-being.

Many times, however, the need for modification deals with the need for a modified parenting schedule to fit the changing needs of the child or parents. We offer experienced assistance in negotiating effective parenting time strategies that accommodate these changing needs.

Anticipating Change

At Edward F. Whipps & Associates, we often help families anticipate potential changes before they lead to conflict. When we handle a divorce, we talk to our clients about issues they anticipate. We can then build those issues into provisions in the divorce decree so that it is easy to make — or prevent — modification of existing court orders in the future.

We can also help clients anticipate and deal with other potential changes, such as parental and child relocation, that could greatly affect the parental rights of a parent remaining within the state of Ohio, and could significantly affect that parent's relationship with the child.

Contact Edward F. Whipps & Associates

When a court order must be changed or when circumstances take you out of state, turn to Edward F. Whipps & Associates for personal attention from a lawyer experienced in family, matrimonial and domestic relations law. Contact our Ohio family law firm by calling our Columbus law office at 614-461-6006 or our Dublin law office at 614-461-6007 to schedule an in-depth consultation.