Quick question for you...
Which would be "easier" to get consented?
1) A reduction of child support to about $30-40/month below guidelines to allow for transportation costs (we live just over 100km from where my stepson lives with his mom - she moved farther away from us last year to go live with extended family, and we moved farther the other way to be closer to our places of work) including the cost of gas and use of 407ETR.
OR
2) Changing the court order to include equal sharing of transportation responsibilities between parties, and keeping child support according to guidelines.
A little info on the situation:
The bio-mom has only gotten her license in the last two years. We have been doing all the transporting to and from visits/vacations since my stepson was born. When the bio-mom got her license, we tried to meet at a half-way point, however that only happened once before she decided that she could not be bothered to drive to meet us. She has never shared transportation, and refuses to do so (as in "If you want to see your son, you come pick him and and drop him off.")
In court last year, the judge contemplated giving my fiancé a reduction in child support, on the basis that he had to incur ALL the costs associated with transportation. However, the only thing that prevented the judge from following through on this provision was the fact that the bio-mom was unemployed at the time, and so he felt it would not be fair to her to receive less child support.
So, should we go for a reduction in child support, due to costs of transportation, or should we try to get shared transportation?
Which would be "easier" to get consented?
1) A reduction of child support to about $30-40/month below guidelines to allow for transportation costs (we live just over 100km from where my stepson lives with his mom - she moved farther away from us last year to go live with extended family, and we moved farther the other way to be closer to our places of work) including the cost of gas and use of 407ETR.
OR
2) Changing the court order to include equal sharing of transportation responsibilities between parties, and keeping child support according to guidelines.
A little info on the situation:
The bio-mom has only gotten her license in the last two years. We have been doing all the transporting to and from visits/vacations since my stepson was born. When the bio-mom got her license, we tried to meet at a half-way point, however that only happened once before she decided that she could not be bothered to drive to meet us. She has never shared transportation, and refuses to do so (as in "If you want to see your son, you come pick him and and drop him off.")
In court last year, the judge contemplated giving my fiancé a reduction in child support, on the basis that he had to incur ALL the costs associated with transportation. However, the only thing that prevented the judge from following through on this provision was the fact that the bio-mom was unemployed at the time, and so he felt it would not be fair to her to receive less child support.
So, should we go for a reduction in child support, due to costs of transportation, or should we try to get shared transportation?
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