How are you splitting time with the children? If you have them half the time and her income is the same as yours, you should not pay her a dime. In fact, she should be paying you for her health ins and half of the kids health ins.

In my sitch our income is almost the same. We split time with the kids 50-50. She pays for helath ins (her employer has a better plan) and school lunches. I reimburse her for half of both. Since she has always been the "shopper" in the family I also give her half of what the boys clothing cost is. That's it. Period.


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