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Part of the safety and protection library, sponsored by Perkins Coie.
This program will help you prepare your documents. It will ask you questions and you will enter your answers. At the end of the program, you will get a completed set of court forms with instructions that you can save and print.
Form completion time: 20 minutes to 30 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The button below takes you to another website to complete the guided interview. Learn more about Easy Forms.
The interview and forms are in English.
To use this program, you must:
- Have a child support order from an Illinois court, and
- Want to change (increase or decrease) your child support order due to a change in circumstances for you, the other parent, or the children.
Examples of a change in circumstances:
- One of the parents got a raise,
- One of the parent’s work hours were cut, or
- Your child has new medical bills not covered by insurance.
To use this program, you will need:
- A copy of your original child support order,
- An explanation of why your child support order should be changed, and
- Information about both parents, including contact information and details about employment.
This program prepares the following forms. The forms you get will depend on your answers.
- Instructions
- Notice of Court Date for Motion
- Financial Affidavit
- Child Support Information Sheet
- How to get an Order for Support - Instructions
- Order for Support
- Income Withholding for Support
- Letter to Division of Child Support Enforcement
- Letter to Employer
Forms for use in Cook County:
- Petition to Modify Child Support
- Affidavit as to Military Service
- Certification and Agreement by Counsel
- Order Granting Petition to Modify Support
- Order Denying Petition to Modify Support
Forms for use outside Cook County:
- Petition for Modification of Child Support
- Order Modifying Child Support
- Certificate of Mailing of Income Withholding for Support
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Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
Part of the safety and protection library, sponsored by Perkins Coie.
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