Can child support be modified retroactive to past significant change in circumstances?
Importantly, Courts are often unable to grant a retroactive modification of support, therefore, a parent who believes the child support amount is no longer accurate should apply immediately to the Court for a modification. Can a child enrolled in college still receive support? New Jersey is also one of the few states that in some cases require separated parents to contribute toward the post-secondary education for their children. This may be college, vocational school, specialized job training programs and even graduate school. The courts analyze a variety of factors to determine if such contributions from the parents are necessary. The factors include those spelled out in the New Jersey statute and a case entitled Newburgh v.Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529, 545 (1982), such as whether the parent, if still living with the child, would have contributed toward the costs of the requested higher education and the effect of the background, values and goals of the parent on the reasonableness of the exp
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