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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(v) any other similar factor that the court considers relevant.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(v) any other similar factor that the court considers relevant.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
Special expenses are shared between the payor and recipient. These provisions of the Guidelines are intended to ensure that, if either parent incurs significant additional expenses for the child's needs or activities, ''both'' parents will share the cost on the principle that it is in children's best interests to have such needs met or to participate in such activities. | Special expenses are shared between the payor and recipient in proportion to their incomes. These provisions of the Guidelines are intended to ensure that, if either parent incurs significant additional expenses for the child's needs or activities, ''both'' parents will share the cost on the principle that it is in children's best interests to have such needs met or to participate in such activities. | ||
If an expense is found to qualify as a special and/or extraordinary expense under the s. 7(1) and (1.1) definitions, the court may make an order that both parties pay additional amounts, in addition to the usual Guidelines basic amount of support, to cover all or a portion of the cost of the expense. | If an expense is found to qualify as a special and/or extraordinary expense under the s. 7(1) and (1.1) definitions, the court may make an order that both parties pay additional amounts, in addition to the usual Guidelines basic amount of support, to cover all or a portion of the cost of the expense. | ||