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I am in New York. I am in my second mariage and I pay child support for children of my first mariage. Not too long, I learned that my current wife is expecting twins. Can anyone give me some insight on the prospects of petioning family court for a downward modification of support due to the unforseen burden of having two kids at once who also need my financial support? is there any room to maneuver here?

To the best of my knowledge family court will not modify an order of support based on a non-custodial parent's newborn. Is this cut-in-stone or... it somewhat depends?

Please give me any insight on how to handle this? Thank you

>I am in New York. I am in my second mariage and I pay child
>support for children of my first mariage. Not too long, I
>learned that my current wife is expecting twins. Can anyone
>give me some insight on the prospects of petioning family
>court for a downward modification of support due to the
>unforseen burden of having two kids at once who also need my
>financial support? is there any room to maneuver here?

>To the best of my knowledge family court will not modify an
>order of support based on a non-custodial parent's newborn. Is
>this cut-in-stone or... it somewhat depends?

You are well informed. You can file a motion for a hardship deduction on grounds that support would be unjust and/or inappropriate under the circumstances, however, I suspect you will lose.