Modification & Enforcement

Changes in Your Family's Circumstances

Situations often occur after the issuance of a final divorce decree that require modifying or enforcing a court order. If the court determines there was a substantial change in circumstance, it will terminate, modify, increase, or decrease an original court order. You can hold your spouse in contempt for failing to adhere to their obligations related to child support, custody, and alimony.

At the Law Offices of Gerald M. Gallant, we assist people seeking the modification and enforcement of a court order following a divorce. We strive to ensure your spouse follows court orders, and that those orders reflect your family's current situation. To learn more about altering or enforcing an order, contact us today for a free initial consultation.

Modification of a Divorce Decree

Things continue to change in your family's lives even after the court finalizes your divorce. Your financial needs may change, and so may your former spouse's, because of a medical issue, job loss, or related issue. If you can prove a substantial change in circumstance, it makes sense to petition the court to alter its original order.

Attorney Gerald M. Gallant assists people seeking the modification of a court order under the original court's jurisdiction, or under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Some examples of typical court modifications include:

• Parenting plans and custody alterations
• Changes in visitation rights
• Increases / decreases in child support and alimony

Enforcement of a Court Order

If your spouse has violated a court order, consider filing a contempt motion with the court or a complaint through the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement. If a spouse stopped paying child support, first pursue action through the state and then through the Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act. If these attempts fail, we will assist you in filing a contempt motion with the court. We will also try to collect unpaid child support and alimony by petitioning the court to garnish wages, freeze assets, seize property, and levy fines.

You deserve to have the court enforce and modify orders that reflect your family's current circumstance. To learn more about the modification and enforcement of a family law order, contact a lawyer at the Law Offices of Gerald M. Gallant. Our firm represents people throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties in Southern Connecticut, including people in Shelton, Bridgeport, New Haven, Danbury, Waterbury, Stratford, Trumbull, West Haven, East Haven, Fairfield, Orange, Woodbridge, Hamden, Naugatuck, Ansonia, Derbv, Seymour, Oxford, Monroe, Wallingford, Fairfield County, New Haven County, and throughout the Naugatuck Valley.