Wetumpka, AL asked in Family Law for Alabama

Q: Child Care

I pay child support and in the decree it covers child care. Would a summer camp for gymnastic be considered child care, which is $100 per week for 3 days each week.

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William E. Scully Jr.
William E. Scully Jr.
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  • Daphne, AL
  • Licensed in Alabama

A: Yes and no. (Just the answer you were looking for.) In calculating child support, extra curricular activities...like camps, are assumed in reaching the monthly child support award. Sometimes parties will agree that they will split certain extracurricular activities. If your decree says you have to split certain extracurriculars, then that's what you need to do. However, work related child care expenses are also calculated into the gross monthly child support amount. If your decree has a provision that says you will split child care expenses in a particular manner, rather than including them in the monthly child support calculation, then you need to look closely at the decree to see what it says. Usually, however, there is no dispute about what are or what are not day care expenses, because the final decree already captures this amount. Hope that makes sense.

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