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25: Your Vacation Clause Is a Dumpster Fire and Nobody Told You
- Podcast
- The Ugly Truth of Divorce
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- Apr 30, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1010
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Summary
If you have never tried to use your vacation clause yet just wait because that shit is about to show you exactly how screwed you really are. In this episode I am breaking down four vacation clauses that I see written into real parenting plans all the time and every single one of them is trash. Not kind of problematic. Not a little vague. Trash. And somebody charged you money to write them. "Reasonable vacation time" means I think two weeks and your ex thinks ten and now you have a fight and nothing in your plan to resolve it. "Parents will cooperate" means your ex just says no to every date you propose because you handed them that power when you were still being nice to each other during the divorce. "Mutually agreed upon" means I don't even need to send the email because the answer is already no and it will always be no. And "reasonable notice" means your ex texts you four days before your scheduled trip and calls it sufficient because technically it is and there is not a damn thing you can do about it. Every single one of these clauses sounds fine until you actually try to use it. And then it blows up in your face and you are back on the phone with your attorney spending money you did not budget for over a vacation that should have already been yours. I also walk you through everything a vacation section should actually include because it is not one sentence. It is not one paragraph. It is specific, it is detailed, and it is written so clearly that your ex cannot wiggle out of it no matter how hard they try. Share this with every divorced parent you know. They need it more than they realize. Here’s What You Can Actually Take Away: "Reasonable" Is Not a Rule -- It is a placeholder word that means nothing, enforces nothing, and will cost you a fight every time you try…