I am in the process of finalizing my separation agreement. Most of the items have been worked through. Post secondary has been a sticky point. I have 3 children attending post secondary in a few years. I have proposed to the ex that we pay post secondary as follows, bursaries, grants and a portion from the child comes off the top and the rest is split proportionate to our income.
My ex seems very opposed to this idea. He makes over $160,000. He doesnt want to split proportionate to income. He feels this will cause undue hardship. He has proposed that the amount paid is the offset amount of table support for each child away from home so as to prevent undue hardship. To me, he is wanting to take the child support amount he would have paid and put it toward the children's schooling and call it done. He is currently paying me an offset amount of almost $600 per kid per month in support. So, in his scenario he would contribute $600 per month for each kid while in school, plus any bursaries, income, and our own personal Resps.
My question... Are there other arrangements for post secondary splitting, other than the traditional way of splitting according to income, the have worked for others? For example using part of the child support payment etc.
With 3 children going off to school in a few years I'd really like to get this sorted, also it's the last item on my separation agreement finalization.
My ex seems very opposed to this idea. He makes over $160,000. He doesnt want to split proportionate to income. He feels this will cause undue hardship. He has proposed that the amount paid is the offset amount of table support for each child away from home so as to prevent undue hardship. To me, he is wanting to take the child support amount he would have paid and put it toward the children's schooling and call it done. He is currently paying me an offset amount of almost $600 per kid per month in support. So, in his scenario he would contribute $600 per month for each kid while in school, plus any bursaries, income, and our own personal Resps.
My question... Are there other arrangements for post secondary splitting, other than the traditional way of splitting according to income, the have worked for others? For example using part of the child support payment etc.
With 3 children going off to school in a few years I'd really like to get this sorted, also it's the last item on my separation agreement finalization.
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