Extraordinary Extracurricular Expenses

[Toutou]

Hello,

my husband and his ex do not agree on what qualifies as extraordinary expese for extracuricula activities (surprise, surprise). He does pay a good amount of CS and up until now he did pay proportionate to his income all registration fees, and equipment bought by his ex (if he buys it is a gift). He did buy a lot of the equipement for different sports kids were involved in, but his ex said that those are gifts. So, he is fed up. He decided that he will not buy the ''gifts" anymore and that he will not contribute to any equipement his ex buys anymore. So, she is treatening to take him to court, the amount they disagree about is really rediculous (263$) but for him it is a question of principle now. They agreement only states that they are pay for special and extraordinairy expenses in proportion to their income.

Any thoughts how judge might react to this kind of BS request? Or do you any advice for my hubby?

[HammerDad]

It sounds like they both are being childish.

Dad doesn't like that mom doesn't recognize his contribution so instead of dealing with Mom and mediating something out, he decides to punish his kids by refusing to contribute to their activities any more. Great job Dad!!!

Mom is being stupid by not recognizing his other contributions.

Depending on the nature of the expense, it may or may not be deemed a s7 expense. If the $263 is net, before being split proportionally, it should probably be covered under c/s, but that is only if dad is paying a fair amount. You mentioned "a good amount of c/s" but what is that amount actually?

Personally they are both being retarded. I doubt dad's proportional share is much more then $100-$150. And if his kids like the activity he should suck and up and pay it.

But going forward, he should be clear to his ex via email that he will either pay his proportional share of activities and expenses, for which he has given his prior consent to, upon receipt of the invoices/receipts. And that it is his preference to pay his proportional share directly to the service provider where possible. As for the equipment, that he will again either pay his proportional share or that he will agree to buy equipment for an equal value to his proportional share.

What would a judge think of this? He'd probably tell the two of them to get the hell out of his court room, grow the f-up and stop wasting the courts time and taxpayers money on their stupidity.