My question involves child support in the State of: CA
Me and my husband are going through a divorce. We've gone to mediation and have a court order for custody, he gets our son every other weekend from Friday night to Sunday night. The order states that he can get our son other times as well as long as we mutually agree on those times. We don't have anything formal set up for child support yet, I filed with the state but it's taking a while for them to do all the paperwork (as is expected) so for now he gives me a set amount every month (it's about half of the guideline amount). I understand that childcare costs are supposed to be split 50/50 between parents but does that only include the amount necessary to maintain employment?
The reason I ask is because I started school last month and he agreed to watch our son on Monday nights in addition to the every other weekend he already gets. I only go once a week and this is barely my 6th class and he's already flaked out on me 3 times. I told him to forget it and I will hire a sitter for those days instead since I can't depend on him and that he will be responsible for half of that amount (my son already goes to daycare Mon-Fri while I'm at work which I pay for). He seems to think he doesn't have to pay for it. I'm frustrated because everytime the issue of child support is raised he threatens to take custody from me but he can't even handle the tiny amount of time he already has with our son. Should I be filing contempt of court since he's been flaking? I'm thinking no since the Monday thing was only a verbal agreement? It's not only Mondays though, last Sunday he brought my son home at 6:30 am because supposedly he had to work (in addition to other times he's brought him home early) I don't mind on weekends because I'm home but the Monday thing actually hurts me because I end up having to miss class. I just don't know what to do anymore, and I suspect it's going to get worse since he just had another baby. Can someone please tell me what I should do? (Sorry this is so long).

