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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="12-104" title_number="12" title_name="Child Support" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The court may modify a child support award subsequent to the filing of a motion for modification and upon a showing of a material change of circumstance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court may not retroactively modify a child support award prior to the date of the filing of the motion for modification.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a party becomes incarcerated, the court may determine that a material change of circumstance warranting a modification of child support has occurred, provided that the party’s ability to pay child support is sufficiently reduced due to incarceration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
