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The time you have with the child/ren is calculated into your support order. Your ex is, of course, free to give you some of the support $$ back if she choses to.

 

It's a free country - you're allowed to ask for anything you want.

If you are sure that she would agree, then what are you concerned about?

 

Your "rights . . . to ask"? You have the right to ask anyone anything you want.

There is no fixed percentage. In the fist instance, it's completely subject to negotiation between you and the mother. If you can't come to an agreement, then you'll have to ask the court to decide the issue. If you and the mother do reach an agreement, make sure you document the agreement in a signed, written agreement.

I could not agree more with what I think is implied here -- i.e., that, rather than you not paying the full amount of the ordered support, the best way to handle this would be for you to pay the full amount and the mother to give you some portion back. That way you have written evidence that you've paid in compliance with the existing support order.

 

YES...this!

 

You inferred correctly what I was implying.

 

Unless you can somehow get your support order modified before you have them, it's not happening by court order. If your wife wants to send back the money you pay for support while they are with you - that's on her. She doesn't have to though. And you can't make her.