Father Could Choose DayCare Provider Over Mother’s Objection.

In the case of Kirkendale v. Kirkendale, a Loudon County Circuit Court judge refused to grant a mother veto power over father’s choice of a daycare provider, even though father’s first choice was his girlfriend’s daugther and his second choice was a friend of the girlfriend’s daugther.  Mother failed to present any evidence that the daycare arrangements made by father, who was the custodial parent and who paid for the daycare, were harmful to the children.  The judge reasoned that granting mother a veto power would amount to giving each party an absolute veto power which, if used inappopriately, could result in the absence of day care when needed.  In other words, the judge found that there was a great potential that the veto power could be abused.