Allen v. Allen

A court order affecting the custody or support of a minor child may be modified or vacated at any time, upon motion in the cause and a showing of changed circumstances by either party or anyone interested. G.S. 50-13.7(a). The original decree ordering the payment of money is an adjudication of the court as to what was reasonable and proper at the time it was made. The burden of proving, by preponderance of the evidence, that a material change in the circumstances has occurred, is upon the party requesting the modification. 2 Lee, N. C. Family Law, § 153, p. 230.

The court’s findings of fact…