{"id":6228,"date":"2017-11-02T17:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6228"},"modified":"2017-11-22T04:18:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T04:18:41","slug":"motion-to-modify-a-post-final-decree-motion-requesting-the-court-to-change-its-previous-child-support-visitation-or-similar-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6228","title":{"rendered":"Motion to Modify – a post-final-decree motion requesting the court to change its previous child support, visitation, or similar order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motion to Modify<\/span>:
\n<\/strong><\/span>(1869)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0A post-final-decree motion asking the court to change one\u00a0<\/strong>of its earlier orders; especially a request to change child support or visitation. <\/strong>\u2013 aka\u00a0complaint for modification<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; motion for modification<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

final decree<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 aka\u00a0final appealable judgment<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0final decision<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0final judgment<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0definitive judgment<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0determinative judgment<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0final appealable order<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

final-judgment rule<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(1931)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court’s final decision that ends the litigation on the merits.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of error in a\u00a0 single appeal.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 aka\u00a0final-decision rule<\/em><\/strong><\/span>;\u00a0finality rule<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/em>28 USCA \u00a7 1291<\/a>.\u00a0 Cf. FINALITY DOCTRINE; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT; DEATH-KNELL DOCTRINE. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0<\/i>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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