Q: i have shared custody. Can I make him take the kids an extra day/l and change days? We do 2/2/5. Id need to do 4/3.
I need to make more money in order to take care of the kids - I am a single mom with shared custody. I’m taking a new job. The training will require 5mos where he would need to take them mon-Fri and I could take them Fri-sunday. Then after that I could go back to the 2/2/5 or adjust as needed. Since it’s for livelihood/survival, can I force this situation if he pushes back. Would I need to go to court or the mediator we used for divorce?
A:
In my opinion, you should think twice about giving him the children for 4.5 days a week with only 2.5 days left for you. Five months is a long time on this schedule and once you do it, if it happens, it may be difficult to get back what you had.
You should get an agreement together with a mediator and make it a court order with language that you get back the old schedule after 5 months. However, even with this language, he could try to change it later. You may want to consider some work related child care time, the cost to be shared by both of you, so that the division of time is more equal.
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