Originally Posted by daycaremom76:
Because before I had a 30 days notice clause, they gave me a deposit like 3 months in advance to hold a spot and then at the last minute decided to go with someone closer and asked for their deposit back. I told them no and we went to court they won cause they never really started care and I didn't have anything in my contract specifying that situation. So now it's been changed so that only if I cancel prior to starting will they get their deposit back and it will only be applied once the child physically starts.
WOW! that's crazy. My contract does state that nothing is refundable, not even deposits. However, if they start care the money they paid in will be applied then.
I do not require deposits when they start, not the norm here since the economy went down.