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in terms of division of M marital assets
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they are Final in terms of spousal
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support or maintenance or alimony
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depending upon what you want to call it
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it is possible to modify it either
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upwards or downwards depending upon the
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circumstances it’s very difficult to
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change but it is possible and there are
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some cases on that point where women
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have become too ill or suffer from
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cancer and they needed to go back to
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their spouse to have support added to
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them after the divorce has been entered
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child support is always subject to you
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being able to go back to the court
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depending upon the level or the burden
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that you put in your agreement the law
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provide that every 3 years you can go
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back to modify child support and child
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custody and visitation are always
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subject to modification based upon the
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best interest of the CH children or
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child not only that it’s based upon
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whether or not you can show a change in
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circumstances so you have to be able to
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show what has transpired between the day
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of the judgment and the day that you’re
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actually going back to court
New York, NY family law attorney Yonatan Levoritz talks about whether judgments in divorce cases are final or if they can they be modified.