Difference between revisions of "Child Support Guidelines"

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==Special and/or extraordinary expenses==
==Special and/or extraordinary expenses==


The basic amount of child support a parent pays is presumed to cover a very wide scope of common day-to-day expenses associated with raising children: the child's share of the rent, the hydro and gas bills, shoes, groceries, diapers, clothes, toothpaste, school field trip fees and so forth. The basic amount of support is not always presumed to include certain other kinds of expenses that are infrequent but expensive, such as the cost of daycare or orthodontic work. In addition to the basic amount of support payable, a payor may also be required to cover a portion of these other expenses, so long as they qualify as ''special and/or extraordinary expenses'' under the Guidelines.
The basic amount of child support a parent pays is presumed to cover a very wide scope of common day-to-day expenses associated with raising children: the child's share of lodging, utilities, shoes, groceries, diapers, clothes, toothpaste, school field trip fees, entertainment, haircuts, and so forth. The basic amount of support is not always presumed to include certain other kinds of expenses that are infrequent but expensive, such as the cost of daycare or orthodontic work. In addition to the basic amount of support payable, a payor may also be required to cover a portion of these other expenses, so long as they qualify as ''special and/or extraordinary expenses'' under the Guidelines.


Special and/or extraordinary expenses are defined in s. 7(1) of the Guidelines:
Special and/or extraordinary expenses are defined in s. 7(1) of the Guidelines:

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