In a previous piece (
available here), we discussed parents' obligations to pay
child support in respect of only the Basic Monthly Amount.
This piece considers the obligations in respect of Section 7
Expenses.
As a recap, each of the Federal Child Support
Guidelines and the Ontario Child Support
Guidelines differentiates between the following two
components of child support payments:
- Basic Monthly Amount – in accordance
with child support tables; and
- Section 7 Expenses – an amount of child
support in respect of special or extraordinary expenses, if
any.
Under each set of Child Support Guidelines, a parent may be
required to pay, or entitled to receive payment of, an amount in
respect of certain special or extraordinary expenses relating to a
child (above the Basic Monthly Amount). Section 7 Expenses must
fall within the prescribed list of expenses in paragraphs 7(1)(a)
to (f) and must also be necessary and reasonable.
