complaint for modification – 1. A post-final-decree motion asking the court to change one of its earlier orders; especially a request to change child support or visitation. – aka complaint for modification; motion for modification; motion to modify.

final judgment:
(18c)

1. A court’s last action that settles the rights of the parties and disposes of all issues in controversy, except for the award of costs (and, sometimes, attorney’s fees) and enforcement of the judgment. — aka final appealable judgment; final decision; final decree; definitive judgment; determinative judgment; final appealable order. 

final-judgment rule:
(1931)

1. The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court’s final decision that ends the litigation on the merits.  *  Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of error in a  single appeal. — aka final-decision rule; finality rule. 28 USCA § 1291.  Cf. FINALITY DOCTRINE; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT; DEATH-KNELL DOCTRINE.

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