When does custody time begin?

[MommaG]

Jurisdiction

South Carolina

I made an appointment for two of our children at 3 pm and 3:15 pm on a Friday. It happens to be Mother's Day weekend and I am their mother. The order states: ""The minor children shall always be with the honored parent beginning the Friday before the holiday at the recess of school (or 6 pm if school is not in session) and ending at the return of school on Monday (or 9 am if school is not in session." The children get out of school at 3:10 pm. My ex-husband is claiming that I scheduled the appointments during his custody time. I would need to have the children be dismissed about 2:30 pm to make their appointments, so they would have early dismissal. So, technically, which of us is correct - me or my ex-husband?

 

[adjusterjack]

Your ex-husband is correct. School lets out at 3:10 PM.

You should have made the appointments with enough time after 3:10 PM to be able to pick up the children for whatever.

Mother's Day is a Sunday. It has nothing to do with whatever you planned for Friday.

And with 3 months to go you have plenty of time to change the appointments.

Give up, MommaG, you're not going to win this.

 

[MommaG]

Your ex-husband is correct. School lets out at 3:10 PM.

You should have made the appointments with enough time after 3:10 PM to be able to pick up the children for whatever.

Mother's Day is a Sunday. It has nothing to do with whatever you planned for Friday.

And with 3 months to go you have plenty of time to change the appointments.

Give up, MommaG, you're not going to win this.

I understand and thank you for your response. Per the order, due to the holiday, I get the children at the recess of school on that Friday. I don't read that as, the milli-second that school concludes after the last class of the day or after the final bell. I also wouldn't take them out of school early if there were other options. The appointment is for a routine medication review that occurs every 3 months for the children - which he never schedules or attends himself. I feel it is silly for me to cancel and reschedule routine appointments for teenagers over a 40-minute time difference, during which he wouldn't see the children or be with them anyways. (Nor will it affect their grades as they do very well in school.) However, because he will argue semantics over 40 minutes that he wouldn't have been with the children anyways for a routine medication review, I will cancel and reschedule the appointments. It isn't worth it to argue with a narcissist over 40 minutes of time that would be for the benefit of our children for a routine appointment. Thank you for your assistance.