Interpreting Right of First Refusal Clauses

Question: My question concerns the right of first refusal and whether my longtime girlfriend can watch the children while I am at work during my court-ordered parenting time. My ex-wife will not drop my child off with my girlfriend at my house after school and before I get home from …

Do I Have To Pay For Daycare When I Can Provide Free Child Care?

Question: My divorce decree contains a first right of refusal clause and requires me to pay half of child care and daycare expenses. My current wife is a stay-at-home-mom and we have offered free child care to my ex-wife, though she has turned it down. Am I still required to …

Can My Ex-Wife Exercise The Right Of First Refusal Clause During My Vacation Time?

Question: Our divorce agreement has a right of first refusal clause. I gave proper notice to my ex-wife of my two weeks of uninterrupted summer vacation parenting time. I also told her during the vacation that our children will be visiting their grandparents for a weekend without me. I then …

Contempt Over A Right Of First Refusal Clause Violation?

Question: My divorce decree includes a right of first refusal clause when one parent cannot exercise parenting time. One night during my scheduled parenting time when I had to work overnight I left the children at home with my girlfriend. My ex-wife found out and contacted her divorce lawyer saying …

Can I Prevent My Wife’s Boyfriend From Being Around My Children While We Are Still Married?

Question: Can I prevent my wife from having her boyfriend around my children while we are still married? She decided to she wants to separate and has moved out and into another man’s house before we have agreed to divorce or even signed any legal separation documents. Do I have …

Does A Right Of First Refusal Clause Apply To Both Parties?

Question: My ex-wife and I share joint child custody. When I am forced to work late or otherwise be absent during my parenting time, I have to notify my ex-wife and give her a right of first refusal. My ex-wife has now picked up an extra job requiring her to …

Do You Have A Right Of First Refusal?

Question: Is my ex-wife allowed to arrange a third party to look after our child during her parenting time when I am available? During the upcoming Winter Break, my ex is going on vacation during her parenting time and told me our child is staying with someone else instead of …

Invoking ROFR When The Clause Isn’t In The Decree

Question: My divorce question is about the right of first refusal clause. During my parenting time that includes overnight visitation, I sometimes have to work so my fiance or my parents stay with my children. My ex-wife now wants to take our children on those nights when I work by …

Can A Stepparent Block A Right of First Refusal Clause?

Question: Per our child custody agreements, I share joint legal custody with my ex-wife though she has primary physical child custody. She has been hospitalized for weeks about 3 hours from where I live. Her husband – my child’s stepfather – is refusing to let me come take my child …

Right of first refusal clause and paying for childcare

Question: My divorce decree reads “any child care expenses incurred because either party must work will be paid 65% by the Husband and 35% by the Wife.” If I am available to watch my children while my ex is at work and she sends them to childcare, do I still …