Yes, child support can be modified if there is an unforeseeable change in circumstances since the time the last support order was entered. However, it is insufficient to argue that it just costs more to raise children, as they grow older. All support orders are required to include a notice to the person who pays support and the person who receives the support that either of them may request the Department of Human Resources to review the support amount after 2 years or at any time upon substantial change of circumstances. Support orders must also contain both parties' social security numbers and drivers license numbers, and employer's name and address except on a finding that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would unreasonably be put at risk by the disclosure of such information. Adoption is the legal process of establishing a child-parent relationship between a child and an adult who is not the child's natural parent.
Special rules apply where one adoptive parent is already a stepparent.
Where the identity of the biological parents are known, they must be properly notified of the adoption proceedings so that they may object if they wish to do so. If the biological parents do not object in a timely fashion, they may lose their right to object to the adoption.