Post Decree

Columbus Post Decree Attorney

After the termination of a marriage through divorce or dissolution, one may assume that questions of property division, spousal support, child custody and child support are finally settled. In fact, only property issues are necessarily final.

Parties may file post decree motions regarding child custody, child support, or for contempt of court in cases where a party has not complied with an order of the court.

To discuss a post decree motion to modify child custody, child visitation, child or spousal support in Ohio with an lawyer who has earned the designation from the Ohio State Bar Association as a Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law, contact Dougherty, Hanneman, & Snedaker, LLC, in Columbus.

Post decree modifications may be appropriate and granted by the court if a parent has relocated, experienced a major change in health, or had a significant increase or decrease in income.

Child custody orders are modifiable at any time until the children involved reach the age of 18 or graduate from high school, whichever is later.

Child support is likewise modifiable until that time.

Although agreements concerning payment of college tuition may be incorporated into a divorce settlement, they can not be ordered by the court absent such an agreement.

The court may, however, play a role in the enforcement of any property division agreement that was part of a final divorce decree.

Every case is unique.

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Please contact the attorneys at Dougherty, Hanneman and Snedaker for a confidential consultation with an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Family Relations Law regarding your post decree issue. Attorneys Douglas Dougherty, James Hanneman and Robert “Chip” Snedaker are three of just ninety-nine attorneys (as of January 1, 2008) in the state of Ohio, who earned the designation, Certified Specialist, Family Relations Law.