[PA] Use of Nonconsecutive Vacations Time with Kids
I have a question for everyone regarding the use of vacation time.
My ex-wife has requested to take both our children one day early on a Friday, during a week in which our children are to be in my custody until Saturday at noon. I asked my ex-wife what plans she had with our children; she explained that she was planning to pick the kids up from school on Friday, take them to her sister's home 90 minutes away, and drop them off there for the weekend. My ex-wife stated that other than drop off on Friday and pickup on Sunday, she would not be present at her sister's home for the weekend.
I stated that I did not want to give up custody for that Friday, and that as a compromise, I would allow her to pick our children up early on Saturday. My ex-wife replied that she had a strong desire for our children to spend a full weekend with her sister, and that she would consequently be using one of her 14 vacation days allotted in our custody order to allow her to take our children one day early on Friday.
Is my ex-wife allowed to do this? I'm under the impression that she cannot because of the following:
- She intends to take our children to a weekend-long visit to their aunt's home instead of an actual vacation;
- She intends to drop our children off for the weekend and will not be physically present during this visit besides dropoff and pickup;
- Our custody order specifically allows for her and I to have 2 non consecutive weeks of vacation with our children per year, not 14 vacation days to use ala carte like PTO.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.