Summer Holiday Financial arrangements

Fiona wrote:

I would choose your battles carefully. At the moment it isn't an equal situation because you have the children for all the quality time at weekends and half or more?? of the holidays whereas your ex has all the hard work of the nuts and bolt of parenting during the school week. If the boat is rocked it is unlikely a court would award every weekend to one parent. There is then a chance of you loosing every other weekend and either having the children less or having them during the week which may be impractical or involve delegating and paying for childcare.

When as mumtoboys said childcare has to paid for 6 weeks in order to keep a place open then I don't think it is unreasonable for each parent to pay for the weeks they are responsible for your daughter even if your daughter doesn't actually attend.

I am aware of all of that and I tried to suggest more quality time for them two, but...

Childcare is not something we are paying or we have to pay, we just started to plan months ahead and what should we do during the remaining four weeks of the summer break. Our daughter is at the Reception Class in primary school and will go to the Year One in September.

Prnda,
Just remind your wife that she'll still be in receipt of the full months child maintenance even though the kid will be with you for two weeks of it and she will have no outlay at all.That should pay your half of the child care for the other 4 weeks.
All the best
Pete

Sorry for the assumption regarding gender.

Your profile says you are male so I did assume that your ex would be female. I did not automatically assume that the parent with the majority of care would be female. I'm a male majority carer and I know there are lots of others out there.

WYSPECIAL wrote:

Sorry for the assumption regarding gender.

Your profile says you are male so I did assume that your ex would be female. I did not automatically assume that the parent with the majority of care would be female. I'm a male majority carer and I know there are lots of others out there.

no worries... my mistake!
as I said at the beginning - I'm new to this.

Thanks for your posts - very helpfull

When as mumtoboys said childcare has to paid for 6 weeks in order to keep a place open then I don't think it is unreasonable for each parent to pay for the weeks they are responsible for your daughter even if your daughter doesn't actually attend.

Does she get child tax credits for the child care? If she is then expects you to pay half the child care costs whilst she pockets the CM and the CTC and the CB then she is taking the p**s.

OP said he wants his daughter for most of the holidays and if he goes on holiday for just two weeks what has to considered is who will look after his daughter the other weeks he is responsible for her if there is no child care place.