If the recipient
spouse agrees to a change and the court approves it, the court will enforce that change.
Undoing your arrangement is easiest when you and
your spouse agree to a change.
Not exact matches
My ex
spouse and I
agreed that, because my work was an hour away from our pre-divorce home, I would move out and our girls would stay with him so as
to not
change school districts.
Where property is
to be transferred from one
spouse to the other, the 2006 Act
changed the law so that it will be valued at the «appropriate valuation date» which is usually either a date
agreed by the parties, or current date.
However, both you and your
spouse have
to agree to change or terminate your premarital agreement, make the
changes in writing, and sign it.
Unless the couple
agrees not
to seek any
changes to the original spousal support award in court, either
spouse can ask the court
to modify alimony payments due
to a material
change in circumstances.
Sometimes former
spouses think they've
agreed on these issues only
to have one
spouse change his or her mind.
In states where there is no statutorily required spousal support, this
change will prolong and raise the cost of litigation because it will be harder
to get a monied
spouse to agree to payments without the benefit of a tax deduction.
Share your intention of
changing these bad habits and
agree on one or two things you could do that would mean the most
to your
spouse.
The court can't legally
change terms that you and your
spouse agreed to.
Furthermore, if your
spouse or partner
agrees to go but is not willing
to change, counseling will be useless for both of you.
Using these tools
to make
agreed upon
changes yields amazing results for you, your
spouse, and your family.
There are many examples, including: the support payor loses his / her job or becomes disabled, and needs a temporary or long term reduction in support obligation; the supported
spouse needs an increase in support for similar reasons; a parent moves away requiring modification of the parenting schedule; a child wants
to significantly
change the schedule, resulting in a
change in both child support and the schedule; disagreements about parenting choices or activities for the children; the family residence must be sold and the parties can not
agree on terms.
Since your growth doesn't have
to be dependent on others
changing, you don't have
to wait for your
spouse or child
to agree to attend counseling too.
However, unless you and your
spouse agree to a modification by consent, Massachusetts judges require «substantial and material»
changes in circumstance before they'll issue a modification order.