Good morning folks,
I have a question about child care costs.
A bit about how it unraveled to today's situation. We separated in 2010, prior to that our S1 was in daycare full-time. After separating, we chose to keep our son in daycare and I applied for a subvention, to help with the costs since I was then a full time student, I was covered 100% and back then had sole custody and primary caregiver. Ex never brought S1 to daycare on Mondays since he was off work and always had him on Mondays. I still needed to declare to social services that S1 wasn't at daycare on Mondays (their policy is that they only pay for the days the child attends.) But daycare demands that they be paid for the full week so we made the decision to pay each our month or on a month about basis. So about 4-5 Mondays of full day child care fees.
At some point ex decided to serve me for shared custody and that was fine. In court they appointed an OCL and she in turn gave her recommendations. In our agreement it states that ex is to pay 135$ per month on a month about basis of child care fees so every second month. (This is what ex told OCL he was paying) Since we agreed upon shared custody, I in turn needed to advise social services since I'm the one who needs the support, Doing so, the worker advised me that he was now responsible for paying his months of child care, and that I was covered for my months. I signed the agreement not thinking about the policies and actual costs of childcare.
Last year he refused to pay his full month of child care fees totaling up to 690$. The owners called me demanding that I pay the outstanding amount of 345$ and threatning that our son would not have his place reserved for September if I didn't come through with payment. Still a full-time student, I knew that I needed the services and paid the sum. I brought my court agreement to them and they agreed that the 135$ amount did not make any sense, no child care provider charges that amount for a full month of services. I also advised him that he should apply for a child care subvention but he stated that he had tried and since he was a business owner was not eligible for any help on costs.
Lastly the same story has happened this year, I was responsible for the month of June and August and he was responsible for the month of July. The owners billed him in the middle of July for the sum of 690$ and he gave them 200$ instead.
In May I spoke to him about the fees for summer and even offered him 200$ to help with costs for his month, he refused the help. Owners had a lengthy discussion with him and asked multiple times if he was ok with paying his month and if he needed the services, he replied to all of us that he did.
My questions are, am I on the hook for the remaining balance? Is he breaching our agreement? Has anyone else dealt with bogus things such as this in their agreement due to OCL recommendations?
Sorry for the lengthy post and thanks in advance for your feedback!
I have a question about child care costs.
A bit about how it unraveled to today's situation. We separated in 2010, prior to that our S1 was in daycare full-time. After separating, we chose to keep our son in daycare and I applied for a subvention, to help with the costs since I was then a full time student, I was covered 100% and back then had sole custody and primary caregiver. Ex never brought S1 to daycare on Mondays since he was off work and always had him on Mondays. I still needed to declare to social services that S1 wasn't at daycare on Mondays (their policy is that they only pay for the days the child attends.) But daycare demands that they be paid for the full week so we made the decision to pay each our month or on a month about basis. So about 4-5 Mondays of full day child care fees.
At some point ex decided to serve me for shared custody and that was fine. In court they appointed an OCL and she in turn gave her recommendations. In our agreement it states that ex is to pay 135$ per month on a month about basis of child care fees so every second month. (This is what ex told OCL he was paying) Since we agreed upon shared custody, I in turn needed to advise social services since I'm the one who needs the support, Doing so, the worker advised me that he was now responsible for paying his months of child care, and that I was covered for my months. I signed the agreement not thinking about the policies and actual costs of childcare.
Last year he refused to pay his full month of child care fees totaling up to 690$. The owners called me demanding that I pay the outstanding amount of 345$ and threatning that our son would not have his place reserved for September if I didn't come through with payment. Still a full-time student, I knew that I needed the services and paid the sum. I brought my court agreement to them and they agreed that the 135$ amount did not make any sense, no child care provider charges that amount for a full month of services. I also advised him that he should apply for a child care subvention but he stated that he had tried and since he was a business owner was not eligible for any help on costs.
Lastly the same story has happened this year, I was responsible for the month of June and August and he was responsible for the month of July. The owners billed him in the middle of July for the sum of 690$ and he gave them 200$ instead.
In May I spoke to him about the fees for summer and even offered him 200$ to help with costs for his month, he refused the help. Owners had a lengthy discussion with him and asked multiple times if he was ok with paying his month and if he needed the services, he replied to all of us that he did.
My questions are, am I on the hook for the remaining balance? Is he breaching our agreement? Has anyone else dealt with bogus things such as this in their agreement due to OCL recommendations?
Sorry for the lengthy post and thanks in advance for your feedback!
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