You want your child to go to basketball camp this summer, but your ex wants to enroll the kid in advanced basket-weaving instead. Who wins?
The odds are that unless you have a very unique Divorce Decree or Child Custody Order, NEITHER parent is expressly granted the right to decide what camps the kiddies can attend. This means that two predominant factors are going to go into the determination of whether your child will be enrolled in the camp you want:
1) Whose possession time is it? If the camp is during YOUR visitation time, you can sign your child up. If the camp is during the other parent’s time, better let it go. If you book activities for the child during the other parent’s time, you put yourself at risk of a Judge viewing your actions as denying that other parent his/her visitation time.
2) Who is going to pay for it? If you want to enroll your child in a camp over the protest of the other parent, be prepared to pay every penny of costs associated with the camp. If you’re ok with paying for it, go for it. If you can’t afford the camp without the other parent contributing financially – better start sweet-talking them.
For information about Texas Family Law contact The Wright Firm, L.L.P. at 972-353-4600 or visit our website at www.thewrightlawyers.com.
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