Expenses

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Unless your court order or Agreement states otherwise, each party is responsible for costs incurred on behalf of the children while the children are with them.

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Child support is supposed to be considered the paying parents portion of the cost to raise a child averaged per month. The amount includes, clothes, food, and shelter. Having primary custody means having daily care and maintenance of the child. Normally, extras are dealt with as needed and by the parent that they are with.
It would seem that your STBX feels that what is payed in child support is all that is needed. I feel this is going a bit extreme. After all, what happens if a child is sick and the custodia parent is not available…

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When my STBX has visitation, who is responsible for the incidentals the kids might incur during the stay? For example, if our 16 year old needs spending money (and we regularly provided for it pre-separation) or the 4 year old is invited to Chuck E. Cheese, am I supposed to give them the money even though they aren’t with me since I receive (supposedly) child support? Right now, my STBX will not provide the kids with any money… if they have an activity that comes up during his visitation, I have to go and give them money or they don’t participate.