Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question:

I have joint legal custody of my son and have enrolled him during my parenting in a daycare in the new neighborhood I live in about 15 miles from my ex-wife's house.

My ex-wife refuses to pick up our son from the new daycare, even though when it is time for my scheduled parenting time I drive to pick him up from the daycare she selected.

She says I am trying to deny her visitation rights by enrolling him in this new daycare that she refuses to pick him up from. Since I am paying half of daycare costs and have custody half the time I think I should be able to legally decide what daycare he attends half the time.

Who is right in this situation?

Question:

I am required to reimburse a certain percentage of daycare expenses incurred by my ex-wife. Our divorce decree clearly states my ex-wife should provide me with receipts from the daycare provider evidencing the daycare expenditures.

However, she sends me receipts without the daycare's name or even a signature on them so I don't even know if they're legitimate. Some weeks she will just send me an email stating how much I owe without any copy of a receipt.

Am I expected to pay these expenses if they are not being properly filed per our divorce judgment?

Question:

My soon-to-be-ex-wife found a new job and said the kids must go to an expensive daycare that she wants me to pay a substantial amount per month, in addition to my child support.

Can she really put the kids in the most expensive daycare she can find, which costs more than her reported gross monthly income, just to get me to pay more money?

Someone told me the kids aren't even going every day, which upsets me even more that I would be paying a lot of money to a child care provider that the kids don't go to every day.

Ask A Lawyer Question:

Do I have to have a Family Attorney to hold my ex-wife in contempt of court? Our divorce decree states her grandmother will be the day care provider unless both parents agree on another person. My child's mother is allowing her friend/boyfriend to watch our child during the day while she is at work. He does not have a driver's license.

Can I file a contempt order with a family access form? Can you define Third-Party Custody?

Question:

My question is about child support laws regarding paying for day care on top of child support payments.

If I am now responsible for paying for child care, does that mean I am entitled to a modification of child support to lower my monthly child support payments?

I don't see why I should have to now pay the day care costs along with the same amount of child support.