I'm wondering what you think the chances would be in getting a summer schedule changed.
Ex and I live 30 minutes apart. Children live with her (7 and 4).
Ex works full-time Mon-Fri.
We recently(January) had an amendment done/settled out of court at a 4-way meeting with our lawyers for me to pay proportional babysitting expenses and an increase in child support.
At the meeting, I asked to have our children during the summer...it was refused to me.
I get them for 2 weeks in the summer, that is it.
Our children are not at an actual child care facility. They just go to a lady's house. And no one will give me any real details when I've asked. (I believe they are doing under the table)
I am wondering what people think my chances would be if I actually took this to court to see if I could get our children for the full summer. As I do not need child care. My girlfriend and I work schedules that allow either one of us to be at home with the children. Clearly being with a parent over a babysitter is in the best interest of our children. (But would a judge view it this way---or will they say because my ex has been putting them in babysitting all this time/it's status quo....that rules)
Ex has made it clear to me in an e-mail that she is not willing to give me any extra time in the summer. She actually wrote to me "You only get the kids 2 weeks in the summer and your weekends, you will be paying all the babysitting" (She does this babysitting out of spite to me...will try and overcharge me for pd days/holidays/not following right of first refusal)
Because the kids are not at an actual daycare facility/whatever arrangement she has with the lady who babysits---I do not believe ex pays for days that the kids don't have to be there.
Everyone tells me that at actual daycare facilities you have to pay for pd days, etc. But this is not the case with my children.
Ex and I live 30 minutes apart. Children live with her (7 and 4).
Ex works full-time Mon-Fri.
We recently(January) had an amendment done/settled out of court at a 4-way meeting with our lawyers for me to pay proportional babysitting expenses and an increase in child support.
At the meeting, I asked to have our children during the summer...it was refused to me.
I get them for 2 weeks in the summer, that is it.
Our children are not at an actual child care facility. They just go to a lady's house. And no one will give me any real details when I've asked. (I believe they are doing under the table)
I am wondering what people think my chances would be if I actually took this to court to see if I could get our children for the full summer. As I do not need child care. My girlfriend and I work schedules that allow either one of us to be at home with the children. Clearly being with a parent over a babysitter is in the best interest of our children. (But would a judge view it this way---or will they say because my ex has been putting them in babysitting all this time/it's status quo....that rules)
Ex has made it clear to me in an e-mail that she is not willing to give me any extra time in the summer. She actually wrote to me "You only get the kids 2 weeks in the summer and your weekends, you will be paying all the babysitting" (She does this babysitting out of spite to me...will try and overcharge me for pd days/holidays/not following right of first refusal)
Because the kids are not at an actual daycare facility/whatever arrangement she has with the lady who babysits---I do not believe ex pays for days that the kids don't have to be there.
Everyone tells me that at actual daycare facilities you have to pay for pd days, etc. But this is not the case with my children.
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