What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
My ex-husband is moving to Kansas this fall. We will be meeting with a mediator to hammer out the custody/visitation/support schedule. I will be the custodial parent. He was reading the new Massachusetts support guidelines today, and there was a blurb in there about the judge making adjustments to the support order if travel expenses to allow visitation are really high. It was very non-specific, and seems like a case-by-case basis type of thing. My ex-husband is interpreting it as me having to pay a good chunk of the air fare to fly our daughter back and forth to Kansas. Let me tell you, it's expensive!
So my question is, do any of you have experience with this? It doesn't seem fair to burden me with most of the cost of travel, when he's the one (non-custodial) who's moving away. Now, if I, as the custodial parent, were moving our daughter away from him, I can see me being responsible, since I would be the one causing the expense. But since he's the one making the choice to move away, I don't understand why I should have to pay? Please share any and all experiences. Thanks!
Edited to add: We currently split custody 50/50; that's been the arrangement for 4 years. His move is the reason for revisiting custody and CS. Just wanted to clarify we already have an order in place and have been divorced for a while. Also, please know that I would have no problem with contributing to the travel expenses, but he seems to want me to pay for the whole shebang, since his CS will be going up.
My ex-husband is moving to Kansas this fall. We will be meeting with a mediator to hammer out the custody/visitation/support schedule. I will be the custodial parent. He was reading the new Massachusetts support guidelines today, and there was a blurb in there about the judge making adjustments to the support order if travel expenses to allow visitation are really high. It was very non-specific, and seems like a case-by-case basis type of thing. My ex-husband is interpreting it as me having to pay a good chunk of the air fare to fly our daughter back and forth to Kansas. Let me tell you, it's expensive!
So my question is, do any of you have experience with this? It doesn't seem fair to burden me with most of the cost of travel, when he's the one (non-custodial) who's moving away. Now, if I, as the custodial parent, were moving our daughter away from him, I can see me being responsible, since I would be the one causing the expense. But since he's the one making the choice to move away, I don't understand why I should have to pay? Please share any and all experiences. Thanks!
Edited to add: We currently split custody 50/50; that's been the arrangement for 4 years. His move is the reason for revisiting custody and CS. Just wanted to clarify we already have an order in place and have been divorced for a while. Also, please know that I would have no problem with contributing to the travel expenses, but he seems to want me to pay for the whole shebang, since his CS will be going up.
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