Ex's contact time and summer holidays

[littlenicky61]

Hi
Does any lost contact time have to be made up if child is taken on a 2 week holiday ( the father sees child 2 nights a week plus one daytime every othe weekend ) and if so if the father then tke the child on holiday does the mothers lost contact time get made up

Many thanks

Depends on what’s written in a child arrangements order if you have one

Otherwise can you not agree between you ?

id want a bit if flexibility personally over the holidays and would expect in general an ability to change standard weekly arrangements

If it's not in the contact arrangement, it's about what's best for the child, surely?

So it's unlikely to be in a child's best interests to lose more than a month's contact with their father in the interests of 'paying back' the mother's contact time.

Think what you are asking, it's not about scoring points.

I think it would be more normal - assuming you're making an agreement for the future - to treat school weeks and holiday weeks differently. So you might have an arrangement of EOW plus one weekday night during school weeks and then "half holidays."

Practically, I'm not sure how any parent could do anything but half school holidays, because a parent with more than half holidays isn't going to find it harder to get a job and maximise their earning potential.

Is going to find it harder sorry.

The father sees the child 5 days over 2 weeks, so you the mother see the child the remaining 9 days (if the father sees child 2 nights a week + one daytime EOW).

So despite you seeing the child the majority of the time you want any ‘extra’ time the father spends with the child back?

Holidays are normally split 50:50. No I don’t think you should have ‘lost contact time made up’. Contact isn’t for your benefit, it’s for the child to spend time with the parent.

How you would feel if you only saw your child 5 days out of 14? Would you think it was fair that the RP asked for time back?

Surely this is a swings and roundabouts situation - Dad takes DC on holiday Mum looses time, Mum takes DC on holiday Dad looses time. Evens out overtime.
Honestly it's long haul till they are 18, whatever came before you need to find so collaborative way through to last the distance.