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→Qualifying expenses as "special expenses" or "extraordinary expenses"
Special expenses are the expenses listed in section 7(1)(a), (b), (c), and (e). When the court is asked to decide whether it should make an order that an extra amount, beyond Guidelines child support, should be paid to contribute to the cost of these expenses, it must think about the test in section 7(1) and consider:
<blockquote><tt>...the necessity of the expense in relation to the child’s best interests and the reasonableness of the expense in relation to the means of the spouses and those of the child and to the family’s spending pattern prior to the separation>.</tt></blockquote>
Extraordinary expenses are the expenses listed in section 7(d) and (f). When deciding whether the cost of primary- and secondary-school education expenses and extracurricular activities qualifies as extraordinary expenses, the court must consider the test described in section 7(1.1):