Melody
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that your orders were poorly drafted to not figure in this calendar problem. As they are written, the daycare responsibility of the NCP is limited to $475 per month. The fact that your daycare charges are incurred weekly and not monthly is of no relevance here. In order to correct the situation, you would have to return to court and have the order modified to a weekly amount. The cost of this would likely outweigh the amount you would actually save.
why not change daycares to save money then?
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Redlegg
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He pays what, 47/48 % of the 4 week daycare cost, add in the extra weeks and he should give you about 600 more a year or 50.00 a month, talk to him and see how he feels, he may just do it. But if he doesn't, it is the court order, so I guess you would have to go to court over the 50.00 a month.
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Avaya
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You pay 310 and NCP pays 475 (plus CS I'm assuming)? Yeah, i can see the unfairness of the person who wanted custody of the child to have to pay the bills. @@@@
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JennyLynn
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Where do you get that from Avaya? $252 x 52 weeks / 12 months is an average of $1,092 per month in daycare ALONE. If dad is paying $475 and $50 in child support, I'd hardly see that as NCP paying the bills. Do the math. Basically what he is paying for is ALMOST 50% of daycare if you add in the whopping $50/month for CS.
Edited by JennyLynn (04/23/08 08:55 AM)
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beanstalk
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[quote]You pay 310 and NCP pays 475 (plus CS I'm assuming)? Yeah, i can see the unfairness of the person who wanted custody of the child to have to pay the bills. @@@@ [/quote]
You obviously didn't read the post correctly. I stated that I pay an additional $310 per month for the months that have 5 weeks in them. So for those months I pay a total of $785.00 compared to NCP's total of $475. And for the rest of the months I pay between $60 - $100 extra because NCP put a cap on the daycare costs.
Before you fly off the handle, read the post correctly please.
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beanstalk
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[quote] You currently pay the NCP $150 monthly for travel expenses.... shouldn't you be paying more in the months that have five weeks? Do you see what I mean?
Cinder [/quote]
Hi Cinder, yes you are correct, my lawyer should have known that there are 52 weeks in the year. I had a HORRIBLE lawyer and am paying for it dearly now. I put my trust in someone that I shouldn't have.
As far as the $150 a month, I sort of see what you are saying, but NCP doesn't come out every week.
Also, NCP didn't spend $150 worth of travel expenses in the month of February, but had me pay back $150. ???I didn't get the receipts until just last week.
But all in all, I think that it would cost me more to get my $126 dollars for the extra week ($252/2) if I took NCP back to court to get the order changed.
I guess I was 'hoping' that NCP would do the right thing. Ahem Ahem.
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beanstalk
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[quote]why not change daycares to save money then? [/quote]
This is a touchy subject for me. The daycare that we had our daughter in in IL was very cheap. $200 a month. And let me tell you that you get what you pay for. This place was horrible. I can't tell you how many times that I came to pick her up and she was in her crib screaming her head off with no one paying any attention to her needs - with a soiled diaper. Also, they did not have any 'structure'. I could go on and on about this place. Bottom line is that I will never ever again compromise my childs well being to save a few dollars. That place had done damage to her - to the point that she hated other kids coming up to her (that really just wanted to play) because the old place she was bitten several times by other kids and it happened constantly.
This new place is wonderful. In a short amount of time being there, she was completely different. She has learned so much from the program they have in place.
So again, it isn't that simple to just change daycares. I'd rather have my daughter have the care that I think she deserves when I'm at work - leaving her there for 50 hours a week.
I'll just cut back expenses elsewhere somehow.
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beanstalk
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[quote]in the extra weeks and he should give you about 600 more a year or 50.00 a month, talk to him and see how he feels, he may just do it. But if he doesn't, it is the court order, so I guess you would have to go to court over the 50.00 a month. [/quote]
I think the percentages are a little off, but I see your point. I did ask NCP to pay me half the cost of the week and the answer was 'no, not going to happen'.
I'll just pay the additional $310 per month.
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JennyLynn
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I do agree with you regarding the daycare...you get what you pay for. The cheapest is NOT usually the best, BTDT!
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Stirling
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The NCP is only required to $475 a month because that is what both you and he agreed to when negotiating the issue. You had legal representation and no one twisted your arm to agree to this amount. It's unfortunate that you now feel that YOU made a bad deal, but that doesn't change the fact that you agreed to $475 a month, and entered into this a greement with your ex in good faith.
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