What is the range of special and extraordinary expenses that the court may provide for post-secondary education expenses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chapman v Chapman, 2020 BCSC 1029 (CanLII):
Under s. 7 of the Guidelines the court may provide for an amount to cover special and extraordinary expenses, which include health expenses and expenses for post-secondary education (“Section 7 Expenses”). Barring exceptional circumstances, parents contribute to special and extraordinary expenses in proportion to their respective incomes: Guidelines, s. 7(2); Ferreira v. Ferreira, 2002 BCSC 1153 at para. 24.
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