The father and son live in California, the mother lives in Virginia. When the son goes to visit the mother for visitations, who has to pay for his airline tickets?
2006-09-01 08:28:44 · 13 answers · asked by Dasiavuu 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
The father has paid round trip for the first three visitations and the mother has yet to pay child support. She calls and talks to the son maybe once every three months.
2006-09-01 08:37:47 · update #1
I would hope that for the sake of the son, they would split the travel costs as much as possible so that the child could see his mother more than once or twice a year. Flying is expensive, and it shouldn't be a hardship for a child to stay in contact with one of his parents.
If the parents aren't on good terms after their break-up, I would say the mom since she is the non-custodial parent. But I would really hope that the father would help a little since he has the boy all the time. It wouldn't kill him to contribute half or a third. Something to be the better person, and not let his feelings about the mother keep her from seeing their son.
2006-09-01 08:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that should have been negotiated with the visitation agreement but if you make it less distance...say the non custodial parent lives in the next town, the custodial parent certainly doesn't pay for the gas in their car to come pick up the kid. If the non custodial parent pays a good deal of support then perhaps it would be fair to split it but I'd say generally the custodial parent has much more responsibility and much more expense than the visiting parent so the visiting parent should pay. Personally, my attitude would be if you can't pay for the ticket I guess you don't get your time with the kid.
2006-09-01 08:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by dappersmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 children, and did not always live in the same city. When I moved out into Cranbrook, only 4 hrs away, the ex was kind enough to drive out, and share motel with kids. However, that meant they didnt sleep over. She didn't feel comfortable allowing them to sleep over. So I didn't feel obligated to pay the hotel. Especially since we had a place for them to sleep!
So, I guess it depends on the situation. If mother moved away for work, then she should share some responcibility, but the father is the primary care-giver, recieving child-care from mother? Then that child care fund should go towards making this connection available.
Financial situations always make raising children difficult. Both parents should make enough seperately to raise their children appropriately, but this is never so simple. I believe many who offer to pay, offer to control the situation.
As in my example, I'd offer to pay for transport, offering they slept over. She offered to take a hotel, that's her decision, which would cost more than needed, and reduced my access.
2006-09-01 08:49:24 · answer #3 · answered by Shelli_k18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mother. He lives with the father and so he provides for the child. Visitations are always, money wise, the non-resident parents responsibility.
2006-09-01 08:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by Jenny C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider you...your EX should be a RESPONISIBLE be certain and %./drop the little ones were they stay - your homestead. If she were ill or had no motor vehicle for the sake of your little ones i ought to say take them yet i do not imagine it really is the case right here. you artwork 2 jobs, safeguard the little ones, the homestead and so on and so on so the least she will do is get her rear finally end up and over to %. up HER little ones and if she dosen't prefer to - oh nicely that is on her. I have an open door coverage with my youthful little ones and ex. If the dad needs to go back over and observe them or %. them up- great and if he comes to a call he dosen't choose too that is on him. I not in any respect stopped him and my youthful little ones comprehend that. trust me your little ones will see all of it. i have been going through an same situation yet i ultimately discovered that once you do it once the ex's will anticipate all of it the time. The day you do not- you'd be the undesirable human being for this reason; be agency and consitant. an same way we are saying NO to our youthful little ones each and every so often an same way it is going for an human being... NO skill NO. even as making your element be well mannered, respectful and clean. I defined to my ex that our youthful little ones (11yo & 12yo) do notcontinual for this reason, he desires to %. them up and drop them off. Ex's anticipate we've time and money and we do not. Singal mom and dad have the conventional jobs of two human beings- mom and dad. good success!
2016-12-06 02:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless it is specifically alloted for in the child support agreements, the parents usually split the costs. It is always a good idea , for everyone's sake to do things as fairly as possible for the child's betterment.
2006-09-01 08:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by CALI_GURL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Golly Gee! You both worked to bring a kid into this world, and now its down to money?
How about splitting the cost 50/50 since you split the DNA 50/50?
Of course if the mother had a lick of sense she'd stay out of her kids life
2006-09-01 08:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is very generous of dad to pay for the first three visitations. It really should be split down the middle and mom should be contibuting to.
2006-09-01 08:41:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The father should. the mother should pay for the return trip.
2006-09-01 08:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by EW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally.. I don't know. But, I would say that from experience, it is usually the parent that the child doesn't live with permanently that does the paying.
2006-09-01 08:31:44 · answer #10 · answered by akamom619 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋