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stefanocassara
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What is the name of your state?Sorry for the long question. I need some help interpreting the guidelines as they relate to school activities and make up time.
My ex wife recently moved with our two children 120 miles away - from Fort Wayne, where I still reside, to Indianapolis. I now get the kids every other weekend. We meet at a half way point for the exchange.
My daughter is participating in sports and has occasional Saturday meets which interfere with the regularly-scheduled visitation. I have proposed picking her up Saturday evenings after the events on those weekends but feel I'm entitled to "make-up" time. My ex says it is my responsibility to take my daughter to her events and that deciding not to does not entitle me to make up time.
The guidelines say:
"The opportunity for a child to attend a school function should not be denied solely because a parent is not able to attend the function. In such instance, the child should be permitted to attend the function with the available parent. Scheduled parenting time should not be used as an excuse to deny the child’s participation in school related activities, including practices and rehearsals."
"the non-custodial parent shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate a teenager’s participation in his or her regular academic, extracurricular and social activities.
"The parent exercising parenting time shall be responsible to transport the child to school related activities"
"If an adjustment results in one parent losing scheduled parenting time with the child, “make-up” time should be exercised as soon as possible. If the parents cannot agree on “make-up” time, the parent who lost the time shall select the “make-up” time within one month of the missed time.
I can not afford to spend the entire weekend in Indianapolis and driving her back and forth all weekend is highly impractical at best. I feel that switching weekends or picking her up on Saturdays is the best compromise. My question is: If taking her myself to those meets is unreasonable,
(1) does that exonerate me from the responsibility of transporting her to those events.
(2) does that entitle me to make-up time?
My ex wife recently moved with our two children 120 miles away - from Fort Wayne, where I still reside, to Indianapolis. I now get the kids every other weekend. We meet at a half way point for the exchange.
My daughter is participating in sports and has occasional Saturday meets which interfere with the regularly-scheduled visitation. I have proposed picking her up Saturday evenings after the events on those weekends but feel I'm entitled to "make-up" time. My ex says it is my responsibility to take my daughter to her events and that deciding not to does not entitle me to make up time.
The guidelines say:
"The opportunity for a child to attend a school function should not be denied solely because a parent is not able to attend the function. In such instance, the child should be permitted to attend the function with the available parent. Scheduled parenting time should not be used as an excuse to deny the child’s participation in school related activities, including practices and rehearsals."
"the non-custodial parent shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate a teenager’s participation in his or her regular academic, extracurricular and social activities.
"The parent exercising parenting time shall be responsible to transport the child to school related activities"
"If an adjustment results in one parent losing scheduled parenting time with the child, “make-up” time should be exercised as soon as possible. If the parents cannot agree on “make-up” time, the parent who lost the time shall select the “make-up” time within one month of the missed time.
I can not afford to spend the entire weekend in Indianapolis and driving her back and forth all weekend is highly impractical at best. I feel that switching weekends or picking her up on Saturdays is the best compromise. My question is: If taking her myself to those meets is unreasonable,
(1) does that exonerate me from the responsibility of transporting her to those events.
(2) does that entitle me to make-up time?