So situation is: Father of b(20mth) is finally coming to visit and has said he is tight for cash so Mother of boy was thinking she would offer him to stay in basement guest room.
They have joint custody and up to now Mother has travelled to Father location 1000km away, stays at an aunts home and his father comes and picks up son at 7 am, often stays and has breakfast with him and then takes off for the day returning with son at 7 pm all ready for bed.
This will be the first visit at Mothers location and she is hoping to make things go as smooth as possible. Because reality is that once son turns 2 the cost of 2 flights each time will create financial strain for Father and he does not do well when cash strapped. She is trying to graduate in longer visits with overnights starting at age 2 but up to now there has only been 2 visits in 8 months because Father does not want to spend any money on travel. ( he does have a 1/3 rd of table child support for travel costs, which pays for flights etc) he was offered open visitation but has declined to take advantage of this due to financial concerns.
Is that okay? Can any complications arise, creating a precedent etc.
They have joint custody and up to now Mother has travelled to Father location 1000km away, stays at an aunts home and his father comes and picks up son at 7 am, often stays and has breakfast with him and then takes off for the day returning with son at 7 pm all ready for bed.
This will be the first visit at Mothers location and she is hoping to make things go as smooth as possible. Because reality is that once son turns 2 the cost of 2 flights each time will create financial strain for Father and he does not do well when cash strapped. She is trying to graduate in longer visits with overnights starting at age 2 but up to now there has only been 2 visits in 8 months because Father does not want to spend any money on travel. ( he does have a 1/3 rd of table child support for travel costs, which pays for flights etc) he was offered open visitation but has declined to take advantage of this due to financial concerns.
Is that okay? Can any complications arise, creating a precedent etc.
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