How is the court divided child related expenses under the Child Support Guidelines?

Section 7(1) of the Guidelines lists a set of child related expenses that fall outside the ordinary course. As a general rule, the parents are to share the listed expenses in proportion to their incomes after deducting the child’s contribution, if any, pursuant to s. 7(2). The court retains the discretion, however, to divide the expenses differently: see Zarins v. Cochrane, [1998] B.C.J. No. 2116 (S.C.), varied [1999] B.C.J. No. 2876 (S.C.), supplementary judgment [1999] B.C.J. No. 2450 (S.C.).