Actually, he sounds like a man who has been through the divorce industry grist mill; or knows some unsuspecting guy who has. The new debtor’s prison (men who get laid off and can’t pay their child support get thrown in jail)
Downward modification through the court system you ask?
HA HA HA! You’d have better luck playing “pick up sticks with your posterior cheeks.”
The local child support collection agencies get kickbacks from the feds for every CS dollar they collect; no incentive to reduce.