Are you required to pay child support during the summer?
Hi there. My husband has 2 kids from a previous marriage. His ex & he have an agreement drawn up by a paralegal & stated in the divorce papers that he pay child support & get the kids everyother weekend and that the kids live with us 3 months over the summer. Our question is (and the two of the argue about this every summer) Does he have to pay those three months in the summer when the kids live with us?? She says yes because the paper dont say that he doesnt have to. Well the papers also dont state that she has the kids every other weekend during the summer but we do that for the kids sake and because we know it would be horrible to keep the kids from her for all that time. We live in San Diego, CA We al,ways want to comprimise & give her half but she gets all C-R-A-Z-Y-. This time she said she wouldnt let us have them if we didnt give her all of it For the sake of the kids we agreed. but what is the correct thing to do?
Child Custody & Support Agreement
Usually there is an abatement of some sort during extended periods where the child resides with the non-custodial parent; but without knowing what the agreement states, it's impossible to know what your husband agreed to in this particular case. He would likely benefit from having the agreement reviewed by a California family lawyer.