My fiance and I currently live in California but his divorce and child custody case took place in Nevada. Now his ex has moved to Louisianna but the custody case will remain in Nevada courts. The distance from his son has been too much on my fiance so we have decided to relocate to Texas to be closer however, he would have to leave a very good paying job here in California and would more then likely take a dramatic paycut since his industry is not thriving in Texas as it is here. Would he qualify for a child support modification even though he left his job voluntarily since he is doing so not to maliciously get the support lowered but instead to be closer to his son? I have heard horror stories of judges refusing to lower child support since the higher paying job was left voluntarily but in this case, it would not be to deny the mother anything, instead to benefit the child. At the amount he pays right now, compared to the average pay he would be looking at in Texas, he would be paying about 40% of his income if the judge decided to deny him a lower payment.