Modifications in Sevier County
Everyone involved in a family law matter may do their best to accommodate the realities of the present, while building arrangements that will continue to work into the future. Your life and the lives of your family members will continue to evolve after a divorce or child-related matter.
What may have worked when the major decisions were being made during a divorce or child custody determination may not work three years later, five years later or even only a year later. It is impossible to foresee how your family's lives are going to develop. When circumstances change in a material way, you may be able to go back and ask to have an element of your family law matter changed, including:
At The Law Office of Melissa Moore, PLLC, our Sevierville post-divorce modification attorney can help you pursue changes to those key elements of your divorce or child related matter. Our goal will be to help you secure a new agreement or change that works with the current state of affairs for your family. Our attorney has been practicing in Sevierville since 2000. Attorney Melissa Moore is a Supreme Court Rule 31 Family Law Mediator.
We Know What It Takes to Secure a Modification
For a modification to be granted, the court must be presented with evidence of what they call a material change in circumstances or in the case of child support, a significant variance. What counts as a material change depends to a degree on the views of the judge hearing your petition to modify. A modification of child support requires a 15 percent increase or decrease in what you would pay or receive to merit the court's intervention.
The court encourages parents to work out an agreement on the issue at hand. When agreement cannot be reached between the parties, the court will require that you enter mediation to attempt to bridge the differences that are preventing an agreement from being reached. If mediation cannot produce an agreement, the Court would make the ultimate decision on whether a change is warranted under the circumstances.
Contact Us
If your situation has changed and the various agreements of your divorce are no longer meeting your needs, you will need the guidance of experienced counsel. Turn to the highly skilled Tennessee family lawyer of The Law Office of Melissa Moore, PLLC. Call 865-366-5619, toll free at 877-458-3460, or simply contact us online to schedule your initial consultation. We accept credit cards for our clients' convenience.
