Shared custody...what should CS cover?

[Tayken]

hockey $350 /year + some equipment (say $150 more)

Where do your kids play hockey in this country for just $350 and $150 in equipment a year? That is about what it costs to register a child in tykes Hockey program with Hockey Canada roughly To equip a tyke in new equipment is $400 last time I did the calculations off a flyer. It only goes up form there as the children get older (or better).

Minor hockey costs add up; Canadians keep paying - The Globe and Mail

“I’m just like an ostrich, head in the sand,” one wrote. “I’m sure it is [$10,000 to $15,000]a season for one AAA-novice son. The gas gets us, as we live almost two hours from the arena.”

Good Luck!
Tayken

 

[Canadaguy]

There is no clear definition for minor vs. special expenses for activities and sports. This will vary from family to family, and depends a lot on total income. My rule of thumb is to use the $100 amount that is stated for medical expenses as a guideline for this. If swimming lessons are <$100 per month, then I wouldn't call them extraordinary.

The $100 amount stated in the guidelines for medical is $100 annually, not $100 monthly for sports (like you stated above). However I agree your train of thought makes sense and is fair, I can't seem to find anything in writting that $100 per month average for a child's extra-curricular sports is considered an ordinary expense and is split 50/50 by the parents, not proportionally by income (as stated in the guidelines as a special extra-ordinary expense.

 

[Qrious]

Where do your kids play hockey in this country for just $350 and $150 in equipment a year? That is about what it costs to register a child in tykes Hockey program with Hockey Canada roughly To equip a tyke in new equipment is $400 last time I did the calculations off a flyer. It only goes up form there as the children get older (or better).

Minor hockey costs add up; Canadians keep paying - The Globe and Mail



Good Luck!
Tayken

Good question - my S15 plays AAA and I have over $11,000 in receipts - and I KNOW I am missing a few - $700 for two hockey sticks that I know of for sure.

House league for the littlest of players where I am from costs $400 per season. Equipment is extra.

I think the amount may be more than you think....

 

[smileandwalkaway]

From 2003 to my interim order in 2005 I received nothing from my ex in terms of CS, SS, or S7s. From 2005 to 2013 when I got my final order he paid symbolically sometimes. I now get CS and an averaged out amount for S7s thru FRO.

Throughout the ex made ok money working the job he continues to hold today. Much of this time I had zero employment income, staying home to care for my youngest child who is special needs and put myself thru college to supplement my university degree so I could get a decent job when my youngest started school full time (I am now employed).

Yes, I paid daycare exclusively for three-ish years (even when care was fully subsidized but I needed ex to provide mortgage statements for the mat home to prove eligibility... Which he didn't), for braces, for various therapies, etc. Do I think it was/is "right"? No, but that is what you do as a parent. You provide for you kid(s).

My focus is and always will be moving forward, that is what matters, not complaining or bashing the ex. Not an ideal solution, what I have done is to work S7 into my payment from FRO. Work out the average S7 expenses over a year, divide it by 12 months, and add that amount to your payment and be grateful that you are getting some contribution. The trouble I have now is how to keep this calculation up-to-date and how to ensure ex submits health claim forms when I try to coordinate benefits.

If anyone else can offer a better solution that has worked for them I'm all ears.