Divorces are frequently complicated when young children are involved. In an effort to allow children to maintain stable and secure relationships with both parents, many divorced couples enter into joint custody arrangements that allow the child to spend time with each parent. During a divorce negotiation, parents frequently decide how to handle various types of expenses including clothing, food, and tuition. To afford these expenses, custodial parents frequently rely on child support. While child support carries many expenses, child support sometimes does not cover some elements like child care.
Parents frequently pay for daycare and babysitting so that the parent can work. A court might require both parents to contribute to daycare costs. Daycare and babysitting are often considered “variable expenses”, a category of expenses that include items above basic support costs associated with raising a child. Many child support orders specify how parents will pay for variable expenses. Sometimes, one parent will pay for variable expenses and then submit receipts of these costs to the other spouse for full or partial reimbursement.
The specifics of the costs of daycare might be included in an initial child support order. In some situations, parents will modify child support orders if there has been a substantial change in the circumstances of one of the parents. One of the many factors that courts will analyze in this situation is the cost of daycare expenses in addition to various other factors. To be fully prepared for the costs of childcare, a parent should not anticipate that daycare costs will be included in a child support order.
A joint custody childcare plan offers paying individuals several tax advantages, which include the following:
If you live in the state of Alabama and have questions about how to handle daycare expenses after a divorce, consider contacting Alabama Divorce & Family Lawyers, LLC. Call us at (205) 255-1155.
$2,000 -FOR- 3 months
Many divorces can be completed in this time.
$10,000 -FOR- 1 year
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Customized divorces and complex cases can range from $5,000 to more than $100,000, depending on a variety of factors, such as case complexity, assets, and child custody. Additional payment options are available.