Modification of Support Due to Disability and Uncertain Future Income

The court reviewed an appeal regarding the reduction of spousal and child support obligations following a divorce, based on a significant change in the payor's financial circumstances due to a long-term disability sustained before the divorce. The court determined that a substantial and lasting change had occurred, evidenced by a major reduction in disability insurance payments and the highly uncertain status of a related, long-pending liability claim against a third-party insurer, which was unlikely to cover the full pre-divorce income level. Given the uncertainty of the final resolution of the liability claim, the court upheld the reduction of support based on current, reduced income while imposing a reservation of rights (Rektifikationsvorbehalt) allowing the recipient to seek an upward adjustment if the liability claim yields significant future income.