You can request for whatever damages you believe are appropriate, the court will decide which to award. But if you don't ask, the judge won't say, "Hey, you are also entitled to...." That is why most people ask for the total damages they might recieve, based on some legitimate logic.

Try these resources in LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center as well:

http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Lega...ers/index.html

http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers...dCareMenu.html

http://resources.lawinfo.com/Search....ch+of+contract

This is also a great site I really like, run by the National Network for Child Care: http://www.nncc.org/Business/p.contracts.policies.html.

Good luck!