Q: What can be done if a 6 week summer visitation conflicts with required extra curricular school practices?
The ncp lives 2 states, 20 hour drive, away and the 13 year-old is on the cheerleading team. She only has 4 weeks in a row free from practice. The visitation agreement states 6 weeks in the summer. This was mediated when the child was 6. What options does the custodial parent have?
A:
The best option will always be mutual agreement.
Options:
1. Quit the activity.
2. Talk to the NCP and work out a schedule that gets the NCP 6 weeks total time (3 and 3, 4 and 2, etc) or some other arrangement. If you can both agree to an alternate schedule, 6 contiguous weeks isn't cast in stone.
A court isn't going to rank cheer leading above the parent-child relationship, so legal action is likely a waste of time and money. Spend it on plane tickets and save 20 hours of drive time.
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