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School starting and ex-husband wants to go on vacation!!!

my-looney-tune's picture
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My daughter went to see her father on June 12th, our original agreement was we would split summer 6 weeks a piece. There are only 9 weeks in the summer. Since this is the first year my daughter hasn’t seen much of her father I said her can still have his six weeks. Before she went my ex and I talked about how long she would stay and we agreed to 6 weeks. He said he was going on vacation the 22nd through the 30th and we agreed we would meet back up on the 31st for her to come home. On Saturday I asked for some pictures of Alyssa on the beach he then informed me that they weren’t on vacation that vacation was the 30th through the 3rd. So I told him that those date were not appropriate and that I had made my plans around his. She needs to get back into her schedule and structured. Apparently he told our daughter that I was making her come home and she is now begging him to ask me to let her stay longer. When I said that telling our daughter was inappropriate, she shouldn’t be brought into an adult conversation. All she needs to know is if she’s staying or coming, if he had taken his parenting class he would know this. He turned it around and said his mother told her that. I begged him not to bring his mother into this because we both know what she's capable of which is twisting the minds of little children, she didn’t even take care of her own children. My question is: In the state of TN, how many days does a child have to be returned to the primary parent before the start of the school year? I know in Michigan the Law states 2 days after school starts and 5 days before school starts are not days to count as summer vacation! Also he owes me a total of $1930 in outstanding Child support. I hope can help me here.

Jsmom's picture

Start keeping notes of everything and start the process to get the arrears...He is starting PAS and it is going to get worse.

stepmama2one's picture

Well I dont know much about when he should have her back to you. I do know that I wish that more biomoms were as nice as you when it comes to being fair about visitation. I also know that it doesnt really matter how far he is behind because a judge will tell you to your face that child support and visitation have nothing to do with one another. Meaning just because he is behind doesnt mean you can keep your child. Obviously you are not doing that because you are sharing visitations normally. Good for you. If he gets too much farther behind then go to child support enforcement or file contempt charges yourself and take it in front of a judge but like I said I wouldnt advise taking time from the father due to nonpayment of CS because it could make you look like to the judge that you are alienating your child from their father. he sounds like an ass tho....

my-looney-tune's picture

Smile Great news, I just called after no return calls and my baby girl wants to come home to Mommy. He was telling me she didn't want to come home, He lied. She was really brave and told him she missed mommy and her brothers and sister. I'm so proud of her for speaking up for her self. Smile I'm defiantly going to start documenting these incidents. I've watched the pain my husband and stepdaughter went through and I would never allow her not to see him. He is a deadbeat when it comes to paying his 260 month, compared to what my husband pays that’s nothing, but I won't keep him from her over it. It's the child that should come first not the parents and/or money. Thank you for all the support and advice.