Children are home schooled, can I fight for more time?

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tina5160

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Our current visitation agreement says every third weekend during the school year, and 6 weeks a summer (2 weeks each month). The school year schedule was because they live in Fargo and I live in Minneapolis. It was to maintain stability and consistency so we didn't hinder their education. We have joint legal custody. My ex-husband asked me about homeschooling the children. I told him I was ok with trying it as long as they were put in extra circular activities, make the school curriculum available to me, and kept me up on their progress.
I was wondering, since they are being home schooled, my ex and his wife have no special training for homeschooling (so I wouldn't either), and my ex is a firefighter so my children are left with his wife for 24 hour periods of time; would a court change our visitation schedule if I petitioned for a different schedule? My daughter actually brought it up, she wondered why she couldn't spend 2 weeks at her dad's and two weeks with me, alternating, since school isn't the issue.
 
We can't predict what a court will do, but it's likely that if you've waited the allotted time for a schedule modification, and if your ex agrees to the time split, the court shouldn't have much of a problem with it.

If you and your ex can't reach an agreement, it would be hard to imagine a judge agreeing to the time split since your kids' education depends on the adult "teachers" providing a high level of consistency, cooperation and communication sufficient to not hinder it.
 
Part of the problem though is they don't get anything consistant now. On the days that my ex is working, I know they don't get much in regards to instruction. His wife does in home daycare, I know she takes in at least 2-3 kids, plus the four that live in the house. There are times they eat really late because she has to take care of the babies. their cirriculm is based on workbooks and they just sit them down to do them on their own. That is why my 8 1/2 yr old is behind.
 
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