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If you are paying or receiving child support, there may come a time when you feel the terms of your support order or domestic contract should be changed. For example,

  • your income may change
  • your former spouse may remarry
  • your child graduates from school and gets a job.

The Family Responsibility Office cannot change any of the terms in your support order or domestic contract. Only the courts can change your order.

How to change a domestic contract

The support payor and the support recipient have to negotiate a new domestic contract with new support terms. The new contract will have to be filed with the Ontario Court of Justice or Superior Court of Justice (Family Court) and then sent to us.

How to change a support order

You ask the court to change your support order by bringing a Motion to Change forward.

You do this by completing a Change of Information form (Form 15) and filing it with the court. Court forms are available online at www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca.

A copy of the new support order must be sent to us at:

Family Responsibility Office
Ministry of Community and Social Services
P.O. Box 220
Toronto ON M3M 3A3

It's important to let us know if you change the terms of your domestic contract or support order. We need this information to update our records and collect the new support owed.

When a support order has been assigned to a social services agency

If a support order has been assigned to a social services agency, such as Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program, the agency must be involved in all court proceedings or agreements to change the support order. The agency should be served with a copy of any motion to change the support order.

To find out if your support order is assigned

To determine if a social assistance agency is involved, a Confirmation of Assignment Form should be completed and sent to the address or fax number on the form.

If your support order is assigned, you will be given instructions on where to send your court documents.

Where to get legal advice

Lawyer Referral Service

  • operated by the Law Society of Upper Canada
  • provides a free half-hour legal consultation (a $6 fee will automatically be charged to your phone bill)
  • In Ontario, call 1-900-565-4577.

Legal Aid Ontario

  • Toronto : 416-979-1446
  • Toll free : 1-800-668-8258

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