Child Support Modification - Preparation Worksheet - Idaho

DO NOT FILE THIS PACKET. Use it to prepare the current Idaho Court
Assistance Office forms for changing child support in an existing case. The
existing order remains operative unless and until the court enters a
modification judgment.

IDAHO CHILD-SUPPORT MODIFICATION PREPARATION PACKET

1. Case and Form Control

Rule 201(c) keeps a modification in the original family law action. Preserve
the original petitioner and respondent designations even if the respondent is
now asking for modification.

2. Idaho Modification Standard

Idaho Code § 32-709(1) permits modification only for installments accruing
after the motion for modification and only upon a substantial and material
change of circumstances. Rule 201(c) requires the supporting changes to be
pleaded with particularity.

Rule 120(d) says that a change in the guideline amount may constitute the
required change and gives newly addressed health insurance as an example. It
does not create a universal 15% income-change threshold. Calculate the current
guideline amount and describe the actual facts rather than relying on a
percentage label.

☐ The pleading states dates, amounts, events, and record sources rather than conclusions alone.

☐ The requested effective date does not reach installments that accrued before the modification motion.

3. Current Official Filing Set

The Court Assistance Office currently lists these materials for a child-support
modification. Confirm the page again immediately before filing because form
numbers and revision dates can change.

☐ The current official PDF or editable form was downloaded from the official page, not copied from this packet.

4. Current Rule 120 Calculation Record

Use the current Affidavit Verifying Income and the applicable current worksheet.
Section 32-706(5) makes the guideline amount presumptive and requires a
written or on-record finding when the court departs because application of the
guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate.

☐ Later-born or later-adopted children were screened under the modification rule before being included as an adjustment.

☐ Any requested deviation identifies the ordinary guideline amount and the case-specific facts supporting departure.

5. Petition Fact Organizer

Transfer verified facts to the current official Petition to Modify. Do not file
this organizer.

1. I am [FULL NAME], the original ☐ Petitioner ☐ Respondent in Case No. [NUMBER].

2. The court entered the current [ORDER / JUDGMENT / DECREE] on [DATE]. Its child-support terms are [EXACT TERMS].

3. Since that order, the following substantial and material changes occurred: [FACTS, DATES, AMOUNTS, AND SOURCES].

4. The requested child-support amount is $[____] per month under the attached current Rule 120 worksheet.

5. The requested amount should be paid by [NAME] beginning [DATE], subject to § 32-709(1).

6. The requested health-insurance terms are [________________________________].

7. The requested allocation of health-insurance premiums and uncovered health-care costs is [________________________________].

8. The requested allocation of qualifying work-related child-care costs is [________________________________].

9. The requested tax-benefit terms are [________________________________].

10. All provisions of the existing order not expressly modified should remain in effect.

☐ Every factual statement is supported by personal knowledge or an identified record.

☐ The signer will use the exact declaration, signature, and attachment instructions in the current official form.

6. Requested-Judgment Worksheet

Do not submit this worksheet as a judgment. Transfer only reviewed terms to the
current official Judgment of Modification.

7. Filing, Service, and Disclosure Record

Unless the parties file a qualifying stipulation, Rule 201(c) requires service
of the petition on the responding party with a summons and any notice, form, or
order issued at filing. Do not serve only the party's former attorney.

Rule 401 currently requires the Affidavit Verifying Income, the applicable
worksheet, three completed years of specified tax and income records,
year-to-date income information, and proof of listed support, insurance,
child-care, education, and special-circumstance expenses. The Court Assistance
Office instructs parties to exchange the disclosures and file only the
Certificate of Service, not the disclosure packet itself.

☐ Any written agreement or court order changing the 35-day disclosure timing is attached or identified.

☐ Protected identifiers and confidential records were handled under current court rules and filing instructions.

8. Final Review

☐ The original petitioner/respondent labels and case number match the operative case.

☐ The current official forms and their revision dates were checked on the filing date.

☐ The petition pleads the asserted changes with particularity.

☐ No universal 15% threshold, three-year review entitlement, or automatic modification rule was inserted.

☐ The current Rule 120 affidavit, worksheet, schedules, and supporting records are complete.

☐ The requested effective date complies with Idaho Code § 32-709(1).

☐ Service, disclosure, default, stipulation, and judgment routes were checked for this case's actual posture.

☐ Idaho counsel reviewed interstate jurisdiction, registration, agency-party, arrears, withholding, fee, enforcement, and local-practice issues before filing.

Sources and References

• Idaho Code § 32-706
• Idaho Code § 32-709
• Idaho Rules of Family Law Procedure
• Idaho Rule of Family Law Procedure 120
• Idaho Court Assistance Office — Modification Forms