Hi all,
Again I have a Section 7/sports related question.
My separation agreement is very particular in listing the sports that meet the current “status quo” as well as the budget that is set forth for these sports activities for the kids.
My ex also was careful to put a line in that reads “____ will not agree to any further increase to the recreational budget”.
There is another line that states we have to “mutually agree” if anyone wants to add another sport on. If we don’t agree we have to attend mediation.
We are currently splitting 50/50 the sports costs. His payment is attached to his monthly support amount and represents half of the budget.
For the last few years, my ex has registered the kids in recreational summer camps because he believes they should do them. He has informed me every year that he’d like me to also book a week on my time for them. He throws around the term “best interests” a lot when he tells me I should do this. I tell him no every year since I am home (summers off) and would rather not ship the kids away when my time already has limitations due to divorce situation. Instead, every summer, my husband and I take the kids on awesome trips and we spend time at our pool or visiting friends/family, which we feel is our prerogative to choose. We just got back from an awesome road trip. During these vacations we partake in many sporty activities together.
During the year, the kids are involved in a wide variety of sports during every season. This includes organized sports teams as well as driving them to practices and tournaments for all the school teams they make. One could never make the case that they are sports deprived.
The last few summers, the ex registered the kids in the summer camps anyway (on his parenting time) but is ADAMANT that I pay for them, or split it proportionate to income. I have said no way since it’s not a mutual decision - it’s a choice on his parenting time. He’s been footing the bill for this on his own.
This is absolutely his hill he is going to die on. He is taking me back to court again (less than two years after the amending agreement was signed) and this is a repeated point in his affidavits...among other things...like increasing his access time.
My lawyer said he can claim a summer camp is section 7 all he wants, but then that would open the door to me sending him a bill for all the sports decisions I make on my time (such as ski lift tickets and rentals, surfing lessons, etc). Which is ridiculous because those are decisions I decided to pay for on my own time - and they weren’t cheap either. In my view, we each make our own choices as to how to book up our time and spend our money on the kids - other than the agreed upon activities and budget.
Sorry if this is long-winded. Just wondering what others think. From my little bit of research so far, recreational summer camps are not usually considered Section 7.
Thoughts welcome....
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Again I have a Section 7/sports related question.
My separation agreement is very particular in listing the sports that meet the current “status quo” as well as the budget that is set forth for these sports activities for the kids.
My ex also was careful to put a line in that reads “____ will not agree to any further increase to the recreational budget”.
There is another line that states we have to “mutually agree” if anyone wants to add another sport on. If we don’t agree we have to attend mediation.
We are currently splitting 50/50 the sports costs. His payment is attached to his monthly support amount and represents half of the budget.
For the last few years, my ex has registered the kids in recreational summer camps because he believes they should do them. He has informed me every year that he’d like me to also book a week on my time for them. He throws around the term “best interests” a lot when he tells me I should do this. I tell him no every year since I am home (summers off) and would rather not ship the kids away when my time already has limitations due to divorce situation. Instead, every summer, my husband and I take the kids on awesome trips and we spend time at our pool or visiting friends/family, which we feel is our prerogative to choose. We just got back from an awesome road trip. During these vacations we partake in many sporty activities together.
During the year, the kids are involved in a wide variety of sports during every season. This includes organized sports teams as well as driving them to practices and tournaments for all the school teams they make. One could never make the case that they are sports deprived.
The last few summers, the ex registered the kids in the summer camps anyway (on his parenting time) but is ADAMANT that I pay for them, or split it proportionate to income. I have said no way since it’s not a mutual decision - it’s a choice on his parenting time. He’s been footing the bill for this on his own.
This is absolutely his hill he is going to die on. He is taking me back to court again (less than two years after the amending agreement was signed) and this is a repeated point in his affidavits...among other things...like increasing his access time.
My lawyer said he can claim a summer camp is section 7 all he wants, but then that would open the door to me sending him a bill for all the sports decisions I make on my time (such as ski lift tickets and rentals, surfing lessons, etc). Which is ridiculous because those are decisions I decided to pay for on my own time - and they weren’t cheap either. In my view, we each make our own choices as to how to book up our time and spend our money on the kids - other than the agreed upon activities and budget.
Sorry if this is long-winded. Just wondering what others think. From my little bit of research so far, recreational summer camps are not usually considered Section 7.
Thoughts welcome....
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