Use this program to ask (or "petition") the Family Court to change a support order if there is a "change in circumstances." This office, (located in room 121) is designed to help litigants who do not have attorneys navigate the court system.After an order or legal agreement is entered and validated in a New York court, one or both spouses can request a modification of court order. If the divorce is uncontested and there is a parenting agreement that both parents have worked on and agree to - do we need to get a lawyer? In New York, either party has the right to file a petition for a modification as long as a substantial change in circumstances has taken place. Have you and your spouse come to an agreement? No. You only get one divorce action in one county with one wife. If she filed first then that's what you go with. The parent who owes child support is incarcerated with no chance of parole or is institutionalized. The terms of a divorce settlement carry the full power of law.