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Changing Family Law Orders, Awards and Agreements Involving Spousal Support (view source)
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It may be possible to avoid court altogether if the spouses can agree about the new arrangements and are willing to change the part of the agreement that deals with spousal support. All things considered, this is a much cheaper and much less confrontational way of dealing with the problem. It may well be that the payor is willing to agree to continue or start paying support, or that recipient is willing to agree to a reduction in the amount of support paid. | It may be possible to avoid court altogether if the spouses can agree about the new arrangements and are willing to change the part of the agreement that deals with spousal support. All things considered, this is a much cheaper and much less confrontational way of dealing with the problem. It may well be that the payor is willing to agree to continue or start paying support, or that recipient is willing to agree to a reduction in the amount of support paid. | ||
Family law agreements are changed by executing | Family law agreements are changed by executing another written agreement that updates the original agreement. Changing an agreement is called ''amending'' the agreement. The agreements are usually called ''amending agreements'', ''amendment agreements'', ''addendum agreements'' or something else to that effect and only deal with the part of the original agreement that needs to be changed. They are much shorter than the agreements that they amend, and the text of the agreement usually says something like this: | ||
<blockquote><tt>Frank and Anne agree that their separation agreement, executed on 1 January 2012, shall be amended by cancelling Paragraph 12 of that agreement and replacing it with the following:</tt></blockquote> | <blockquote><tt>Frank and Anne agree that their separation agreement, executed on 1 January 2012, shall be amended by cancelling Paragraph 12 of that agreement and replacing it with the following:</tt></blockquote> | ||
