What is your take on one parent forcing another to "guarantee" their child's participation in an extracurricular activity?
My stepson's mom suggested 2 activities - one that takes place weeknights and another on weekends. Seeing as one of the activities takes places during my husband's access time, she first asked for his agreement. (Good.) Wanting to be able to witness his son take part in an extracurricular activity, and given that this particular activity is halfway between our home and the mom's home, he agreed for her to enroll the child in the activity.
Well, the mom demanded a "guarantee" that we would take the child to each and every session (80% of which fall on our scheduled weekends). We told her that we will surely bring the child to each practice/game, but we could not guarantee it, should something arise preventing us from doing so.
This was not good enough for her, and claiming that without a guarantee, she would not be signing the child up for that particular activity. And so, yet again, my husband misses out.
We realize that the money for the activity comes from child support, but does the child support recipient have full authority to decide how the money is being spent, without regard to the paying parent's wishes or suggestions?
My stepson's mom suggested 2 activities - one that takes place weeknights and another on weekends. Seeing as one of the activities takes places during my husband's access time, she first asked for his agreement. (Good.) Wanting to be able to witness his son take part in an extracurricular activity, and given that this particular activity is halfway between our home and the mom's home, he agreed for her to enroll the child in the activity.
Well, the mom demanded a "guarantee" that we would take the child to each and every session (80% of which fall on our scheduled weekends). We told her that we will surely bring the child to each practice/game, but we could not guarantee it, should something arise preventing us from doing so.
This was not good enough for her, and claiming that without a guarantee, she would not be signing the child up for that particular activity. And so, yet again, my husband misses out.
We realize that the money for the activity comes from child support, but does the child support recipient have full authority to decide how the money is being spent, without regard to the paying parent's wishes or suggestions?
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