With one-time star wide receiver Terrell Owens' days playing in the NFL likely behind him, he is no longer making the millions of dollars he once earned playing football. As he adjusts to his new financial reality, Owens recently learned that he will not have to pay as much in child support as he used to.

Readers of this St. Louis, Missouri, family law blog may recall that we discussed the unpaid child support made against Owens by the mother of one of his children in our July 1 blog post. At the time, Owens was accused of choosing not to pay the full amount of the $5,000 per month he was ordered to pay the child he had with the woman.

Owens has three other children with other mothers. Child support orders ordered him to pay each child between $5,000 and $20,000 per month. He and his attorneys subsequently claimed that those support orders were based on his earnings during his NFL career. Owens, 37, last played in the NFL in 2010 and has recently claimed to have run out of money. He recently agreed to play for a minor-league arena football team.

Based largely on that argument, Owens filed for a reduction in his child support order. In a recent decision, the court agreed, reducing his payments to each child. The amount of the new payments is not known because the amended order is under seal.

In Missouri, the amount you pay in child support can be modified if your current financial circumstances have changed. Doing so requires petitioning the court, so hiring an experienced family law attorney would be helpful in modifying your child support order.

Source: Examiner.com, "Terrell Owens wins big in child support case," Kelly Cozzone, Feb. 6, 2012