Can you reopen a consent order once approved?

As consent orders are meant to provide certainty and closure, it is normally very difficult to reopen or change a consent order once it has been approved by a judge.

A consent order may possibly be reopened in the following limited and exceptional circumstances:

If there has been a significant change in circumstances soon after the consent order was made. These could include receipt of an inheritance, the death of one party, or a remarriage and a concealed intention to remarry.

If there has been fraud or failure to provide full financial disclosure.

If one party was forced to enter into the consent order, or had a fundamental misunderstanding when entering the same.