Factors Considered for Modification
The same factors considered under 750 ILCS 5/504(b)(2) in making an initial award of maintenance are used in determining whether and to what degree a maintenance award shall be modified under subsection (a).
If a source of income, no matter how certain the probability it will continue, should cease, this matter then becomes an appropriate fact to support a petition to modify an order of maintenance.
In determining whether and to what degree a maintenance award shall be modified, the circuit court is to consider the same factors to be assessed in making the initial award.
