Modifying Child Support for College Expenses

Answer:

If you’re paying for college expenses, there might be an opportunity to reduce child support while you’re paying for those expenses. However, it depends on a few factors. We first have to find out if you have an agreement or judgment that addresses college expenses, whether that agreement or judgment requires a downgrade in modification if you are paying for your child’s education and, if not, whether there is a change in circumstances from the time that you signed that agreement that would allow us to ask a court to change your child support obligations to account for the college tuition you are paying for. The rule of thumb is to negotiate that issue when you are entering into an agreement.