Shared child expenses are the costs of raising a child that both co-parents contribute to after separation or divorce. These can include school fees, medical bills, sports registration, clothing, childcare, transportation, and everyday essentials — anything both parents help pay for.
The challenge is not deciding what to share. The challenge is keeping track of who paid for what, when, and how much — especially across two separate households.
When each parent tracks expenses separately, the two lists never meet. You remember what you paid. They remember what they paid. When it is time to settle up, you are both working from memory — and memory is a terrible accountant.
With a shared system, both parents log expenses in the same place. The moment one parent adds a cost, the other can see it. The app keeps a running total, so there is no guessing and no arguing about the numbers at the end of the month.
CoParent Expenses makes shared child expenses visible to both parents in real time. When one parent logs a cost, the other sees it immediately. Each expense has a receipt, a date, a category, and the name of the child it covers — so there is no ambiguity.
The shared balance updates the moment a new expense lands. If you agree on a 50/50 split, the app calculates each parent's share automatically. If you use a different percentage, it handles that too. Either way, the math is done for you.
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