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*Basic post-secondary education <span class="noglossary">costs</span>, such as tuition fees for a local college or university, student fees and textbook <span class="noglossary">costs</span>.
*Basic post-secondary education <span class="noglossary">costs</span>, such as tuition fees for a local college or university, student fees and textbook <span class="noglossary">costs</span>.


For parents with lots of money, almost every big-ticket expense is probably going to qualify as a special expense:
For parents with lots of money, almost every big-ticket expense is probably going to be considered reasonable:


*Multiple week summer camps and trips abroad.
*Multiple week summer camps and trips abroad.
*Expensive team sports, like hockey and horseback polo, and expensive solo sports like skiing and scuba diving.
*Expensive team sports, like hockey and horseback polo, and expensive solo sports like skiing and scuba diving.
*Post-secondary education <span class="noglossary">costs</span>, including meal plans and residence costs.
*Post-secondary education <span class="noglossary">costs</span>, including meal plans and residence costs.
To add a little confusion, however, remember what s. 7(1.1) says about what the requesting spouse can "reasonably cover". Where the parents have lots of money, and the resulting basic monthly child support is high, it’s unlikely that many extracurricular activities and educational expenses (those set out in s. 7(1)(d) and (e) of the Guidelines), would be considered ''extraordinary'' since a high basic child support amount would likely "reasonably cover" these costs.


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