Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the provisional child-support order could be modified due to changed circumstances and a lower income.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The father showed a sufficiently substantial and lasting change in circumstances; the court accepted the reduced income basis and declined to impute a higher hypothetical income.
Motivazione estratta
The existing evidence showed he had not been substantially employed for more than two years, his unemployment benefits ceased in August 2018, and his medical and age-related constraints made an increase in work capacity unrealistic. Since his illness had already been reflected on both the income and needs sides of the original calculation, the application could not be rejected for lack of job-search efforts.