WHG: And so we file...

[workinghardguy]

We pay the babysitter a flat rate and split it evenly. Whether she works one day or four days we pay her the same rate. Since W and I both have varying work schedules we use the babysitter in varying amounts. Some weeks W uses her a lot, some weeks I do. Some weeks we both do.

And since we have 50/50 custody summer child care is a shared cost and it's legally a shared cost in my state. By statute child support specifically excludes child care expenses. So child care expenses are to be split 50/50 above and beyond child support amounts.