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===Special expenses=== | ===Special expenses=== | ||
Section 7 of the Guidelines allows for sharing of the children's special and/or extraordinary expenses between the parents, as discussed above. In figuring out how much a parent should have to contribute to these expenses, the court is required to take into account, among other things "the reasonableness of the expense in relation to the means of the spouses and those of the child." | Section 7 of the Guidelines allows for sharing of the children's special and/or extraordinary expenses between the parents, as discussed above. In figuring out how much a parent should have to contribute to these expenses, the court is required to take into <span class="noglossary">account</span>, among other things "the reasonableness of the expense in relation to the means of the spouses and those of the child." | ||
A parent's new partner's income can be taken into consideration in assessing the "means of the spouses," which is exactly what the court did in the 2000 Supreme Court case of ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1fm6b Baum v. Baum]'', 2000 BCSC 1835. In that decision, the court held that ''means of the spouses'' should be interpreted broadly as including all of the means available to the paying parent, including the income of his or her new partner. | A parent's new partner's income can be taken into consideration in assessing the "means of the spouses," which is exactly what the court did in the 2000 Supreme Court case of ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1fm6b Baum v. Baum]'', 2000 BCSC 1835. In that decision, the court held that ''means of the spouses'' should be interpreted broadly as including all of the means available to the paying parent, including the income of his or her new partner. | ||