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Law Offices of Michael B. Efron. We are located in Orange County, CA. Experience, trusted, and ready to help you navigate DCSS or any Non-DCSS child support matter.

Call (714) 779-9800 or (949) 720-0117 for a free confidential consultation. Click here to  Contact our office online today to learn more.

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When can a child support amount be changed?

You can ask for a modification or change in your child support amount when there is a change in circumstances. For example, if you change the amount of time you spend with your child, you can request a change in your child support. If your employment changes, laid off, fired, downsized or if the other party is making more money, has become self employed, or is seeing the children less now then when the order was first made. These are some, certainly not all of the "changes" required to change your child support amount.

If the judge ordered a child support amount below the guideline amount, you can ask to change that amount at any time. A change in circumstances is not required to move the amount back up to a guideline amount. Before you decide to ask for a change in child support, it is a good idea to re-calculate the amount of child support in your case to make sure it is worth it for you to go back to court.

To estimate how much child support the judge may order in your case, call (714) 779-9800 or (949) 720-0117. You can click here to Contact our office online today to learn more.

The formula for determining the amount of the child support order under the guideline is very complex (Fam C §4055); however, it is mainly based on the following major factors:
Each parent’s net disposable income; the number of children; and the time-share factor (i.e., the percentage of time that each parent has primary physical responsibility for the children)

I'm Michael B. Efron, located in Orange County, CA.  Experience, trusted, and ready to help you navigate your child support modification Call (714) 779-9800 or (949) 720-0117 for a consultation about your case. You can always click here to Contact our office online today to learn more.


As soon as the Department of Child Support Services gets involved in your child support case, make sure you have proper legal representation. Dealing with DCSS or your Local Child Support Agencies (LCSA) can be at times very frustrating, unless you understand "the rules" by which they operate. Few family law attorneys have the full depth of understanding on how to deal with DCSS.

I have handled thousands of DCSS cases. After law school, I accepted a position with the Orange County District Attorneys Family Support Division, which eventually became the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS). While there, I served as a prosecutor and handled thousands of cases in andout of court over the course of a single year. I am certified by the California DCSS as a state trainer in child support services.

I have compromised hundreds of thousands of dollars in back child support for my client's while in private practice. At the same time, assisted parents in receiving large lump-sum payments from old past due child support.  Located in Orange County, experience, trusted, and ready to help you navigate DCSS. 

Call (714) 779-9800 or (949) 720-0117 for a consultation about your case. You can always click here to Contact our office online today to learn more.

We already have an order for child support, but I think the other parent's income has changed since then. Should I just file a motion to go to court?

You should give a lot of thought to all the facts in your case before you decide to file a motion to change a child support order. The results can be different than what you expected. If you file a motion to go to court, but it turns out that you are incorrect-and the other parent's income has gone down-the court can make an order that will benefit the other parent.

How do I find out whether the other parent's income has gone up-or down?

If you have a judgment in your case (your divorce has been completed, or there is a Judgment of Paternity), you can have someone serve a Request for Production of an Income and Expense Declaration After Judgment (form FL-396) on the other parent, along with an Income and Expense Declaration (form FL-150). The other parent who receives the request must fill out the Income and Expense Declaration and return it within 30 days after it was served. At the same time, the other parent must also send a copy of his or her most recent state and federal tax returns. Please note that this form must be served by someone who is not a party to your case and who is over the age of 18 years; you cannot serve it yourself.

When does court-ordered child support end?

Court-ordered child support usually ends when the child:marries or registers a domestic partnership, dies, is emancipated, turns 18 and is not a full-time high school student, or turns 19, whichever occurs first. Parents may agree to support a child longer. The court may also order that both parents continue to support a disabled adult child that is not self-supporting.

Law Offices of Michael B. Efron. We are located in Orange County, CA. Experience, trusted, and ready to help you navigate DCSS or any child support matter. 

Call (714) 779-9800 or (949) 720-0117 for a consultation about your case. You can always click here to Contact our office online today to learn more.