Q&A

What is the best age to put a baby in daycare?

What is the best age to put a baby in daycare?

12-months-old
Research has shown that the best age for a child to start daycare at is at least 12-months-old.

How to split child care expenses with your ex?

(Getty Images) If you’re co-parenting with your ex, you’ve probably noticed that coming up with a completely fair way to share child care expenses is harder than it sounds. Even if you have a perfectly amicable divorce, it can be a challenge. After all, kids and their lives aren’t very formulaic.

Can a divorced parent claim child care expenses?

Yes. What can NOT happen is your ex claiming child care expenses. There is a special rule in the case of divorced & separated (including never married) parents.

Can a child care expense be included in child support?

It is worth noting that anticipated out-of-pocket medical expenses and child care expenses can be included in the child support calculations and through that process these expenses are shared relative to each person’s income.

When to share your child’s expenses with your ex?

Given this, then expenses for agreed activities become shared in accordance with a formula agreed at the time of divorce. “If expenses outside of child support are not addressed in the divorce, then if a parent wants their child to be involved in an activity they have to foot the bill or the child doesn’t get involved in the activity,” said Plevy.

What to do if your ex wife is ordered to pay child care?

Carefully review the document to determine whether your ex-wife is required to provide with you any documentation showing the expenses incurred on behalf of your child for which you are ordered to contribute.

(Getty Images) If you’re co-parenting with your ex, you’ve probably noticed that coming up with a completely fair way to share child care expenses is harder than it sounds. Even if you have a perfectly amicable divorce, it can be a challenge. After all, kids and their lives aren’t very formulaic.

Yes. What can NOT happen is your ex claiming child care expenses. There is a special rule in the case of divorced & separated (including never married) parents.

Can a wife refuse to pay a day care bill?

Therefore, if the day care facility refuses to provide you with a copy of the bill, and your wife refuses as well, then you could argue that you simply have no method of confirming that the expenses were actually incurred on your daughter’s behalf.