Q: How can I find low-cost legal assistance to help modify my current child support order?
Ex-husband is unemployed as a civilian but is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves and has numerous lengthy training events recent & upcoming. He will also be deployed again later this year (unknown duration). Our children are with me 100% when he is gone; current orders are modeled around another family member of his choosing having the children approximately 25% while he is gone. Our current orders have no stipulation for adjusting CS for the additional time our children are with me. It is nearly impossible for me to adequately support our children as our order is currently written. I had opened a case with Child Support Services, but they have now closed it because the current order cannot be "understood" by the calculation system (yearly increases by percentage rather than set dollar figure).
A:
Go to your local courthouse and ask for the Self-Help desk. Most courts have one, and they can help you fill out the paperwork.
There are also several legal aid offices such as Levitt and Quinn that can help you.
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