My separated wife and I have agreed in our parenting plan to split all payments for our children down the middle including day care, school fees, uniform, activities, medical etc.. This is working OK. We are in the process of filing consent orders and my wife want to include these payments under property orders. Is this the right place for this or should this be done under parenting orders?
Also what is the position regarding child support payments. We agreed that we would split these costs instead of paying child support. Daycare alone is considerably more than what the child support payments would be. I am just paranoid that once my wife gets the consent orders she can then claim child support on top of the 50:50 payments. Is she entitled to do this or are my payments on daycare etc.. credited against child support. Can we put this in the orders that costs will be split instead of child support?
Also what is the position regarding child support payments. We agreed that we would split these costs instead of paying child support. Daycare alone is considerably more than what the child support payments would be. I am just paranoid that once my wife gets the consent orders she can then claim child support on top of the 50:50 payments. Is she entitled to do this or are my payments on daycare etc.. credited against child support. Can we put this in the orders that costs will be split instead of child support?