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  • #31
    @ Billm

    Am I misreading something? Based on Dad2bandms post, section 1.1a, it is the income if the person requesting the money that is considered. It doesn't say the combined income.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Wyntermcd View Post
      @ Billm

      Am I misreading something? Based on Dad2bandms post, section 1.1a, it is the income if the person requesting the money that is considered. It doesn't say the combined income.
      "taking into account that parent’s or spouse’s income and the amount that the parent or spouse would receive under the applicable table"

      Table amount received (CS) is based on the income of the other parent, so clearly it is the combined income that is considered.

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      • #33
        Ahh, but what if the amount of support being given or receive is not based on income? But is just a set amount agreed to in a SA.

        And maybe I'm being dense, but I still tea that paragraph as saying the person requesting the money, it is their income including what they receive as support that needs to be looked at before deciding if something is extraordinary.

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        • #34
          Ahh, but what if the amount of support being given or receive is not based on income? But is just a set amount agreed to in a SA.
          Child support is child support. Whether it is guideline amount or more. It all still counts as child support.

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          • #35
            @Wyntermcd.....

            but I still tea that paragraph as saying the person requesting the money, it is their income including what they receive as support that needs to be looked at before deciding if something is extraordinary.
            Look at the definition below from a recent case law from CanLii

            https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/do...HBlbnNlAAAAAAE

            the term "extraordinary expenses" means

            (a) expenses that exceed those that the spouse requesting an amount for the extraordinary expenses can reasonably cover, taking into account that spouse's income and the amount that the spouse would receive under the applicable table or, where the court has determined that the table amount is inappropriate, the amount that the court has otherwise determined is appropriate; or

            (b) where paragraph (a) is not applicable, expenses that the court considers are extraordinary taking into account

            (i) the amount of the expense in relation to the income of the spouse requesting the amount, including the amount that the spouse would receive under the applicable table or, where the court has determined that the table amount is inappropriate, the amount that the court has otherwise determined is appropriate,
            (ii) the nature and number of the educational programs and extracurricular activities,
            (iii) any special needs and talents of the child or children,
            (iv) the overall cost of the programs and activities, and
            (v) any other similar factor that the court considers relevant.
            This seems to be what you are stuck on here.....

            expenses that exceed those that the spouse requesting an amount for the extraordinary expenses can reasonably cover, taking into account that spouse’s income and the amount that the spouse would receive under the applicable table or, where the court has determined that the table amount is inappropriate, the amount that the court has otherwise determined is appropriate; or
            Another case law follows

            Analysis of this statement
            [24] While the Wife may have to budget in order to cover the above expenses, I cannot conclude that the expenses in question “exceed those that the parent or spouse …can reasonably cover, taking into account that parent’s or spouse’s income and the amount that the parent or spouse would receive under the applicable table…”


            [25] The Wife earns more than $62,000 from her employment and will be receiving in excess of $1,750 per month in child support. In this circumstance, the expenses for the extracurricular activities are not “extraordinary” as defined in s. 7 (1.1)(a).


            [26] According to s. 7 (1.1)(b), that does not end the inquiry.
            The test for awarding s. 7 extraordinary expenses was recently described by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Titova v. Titova, 2012 ONCA 864 (CanLII), 2012 ONCA 864, [2012]O.J. No. 5808 [Titova], as follows:

            In awarding s. 7 special and extraordinary expenses, the trial judge calculates each party’s income for child support purposes, determines whether the claimed expenses fall within one of the enumerated categories of s. 7 of the Guidelines, determines whether the claimed expenses are necessary “in relation to the child’s best interests” and are reasonable “in relation to the means of the spouses and those of the child and to the family’s spending pattern prior to the separation.” If the expenses fall under s. 7(1)(d) or (f) of the Guidelines, the trial judge determines whether the expenses are “extraordinary”.
            [32] The question of how to determine whether expenses are “extraordinary” was specifically addressed at paragraph 28 of Titova, based on a British Columbia Court of Appeal decision from 1998:
            It also does not appear that the trial judge turned her mind to the question of whether the expense for items such as school books and school registration qualified as “extraordinary”. As set out in McLaughlin v. McLaughlin 1998 CanLII 5558 (BC CA), (1998), 167 D.L.R. (4th) 39 (B.C.C.A.) at para. 64, the use of the word “extraordinary” in s. 7 implies that ordinary expenses are intended to be covered by the basic table amounts.

            [33] This interpretation of “extraordinary” is consistent with the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Ostapchuk v. Ostapchuk, 2003 CanLII 57399 (ON CA), [2003] O.J. No. 1733, 64 O.R. (3d) 496, where s. 7 expenses were described as “special or extraordinary expenses that are determined to be additional costs of raising a child that are not incorporated in the table amounts” [emphasis added] (para 13).
            https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/do...HBlbnNlAAAAAAE
            Last edited by FWB; 01-23-2014, 07:48 PM.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Wyntermcd View Post
              Ahh, but what if the amount of support being given or receive is not based on income? But is just a set amount agreed to in a SA.

              And maybe I'm being dense, but I still tea that paragraph as saying the person requesting the money, it is their income including what they receive as support that needs to be looked at before deciding if something is extraordinary.

              If you read the whole definition, it's clear that what's being referred to is anything paid as child support, whether it's table or not. As long as you've both agreed to it and/or a court ordered it, and you're calling it child support, it counts.

              And yes, it's the income of the person making the request that matters. If they're getting $200K a year as income, regardless of how much of it is earnings and how much is CS, then a request that a $200 soccer camp be considered extraordinary would be silly. If they were only getting $30K a year, it might be different.

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              • #37
                @Wyntermcd......

                The case in the link below is very in-depth wrt your thread title, it also makes mention of some very prominent Justice's...E.g Justice Brownstone


                Katarzynski v. Katarzynski, 2012 ONCJ 294 (CanLII)

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