Once approved by the court, consent orders are difficult to be challenged. They will only be set aside by the court in very limited circumstances:
Orders can be set aside if there has been a miscarriage of justice due to fraud or duress. You are expected to fully disclose your assets in the application. Hiding assets or not declaring them in the application can be a reason for the court to set aside the orders.
The court can set aside orders if it is impracticable to carry them out due to changed circumstances. For example, if a property has been destroyed after the orders were made, orders for the sale of that property would be impracticable to be carried out.
Orders can be set aside if a child will suffer financial hardship due to a change of circumstances that is out of the ordinary. An example of this would the child’s diagnosis of a medical condition requiring expensive treatment.
The court can set aside the orders if a party to the orders has not fulfilled their obligations and it is just and equitable to do so.
The court can set aside the orders if a proceeds of crime order has been made against one of the parties to the order or includes the parties’ property.