If a parent is paying child support but plans to leave their job and return to pursue additional training or college education the parent may do so.  However, the Florida Supreme Court has said that in order for the child support obligation to be reduced the parent must prove that their new educational pursuit will be in the best interest of their children.  Ordinarily, a substantial, involuntary, unanticipated, permanent change of circumstances is necessary to obtain a child support modification.  However, that is not the standard of proof when a child support paying spouse plans to return to school to pursue a higher education.

By Kenny Leigh