What is the test for an award of s. 7 expenses under s.7 of the Child Support Guidelines?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from K.J.S. v. K.K.K.L., 2012 BCSC 893 (CanLII):
As the section states, the expenses must be both necessary with respect to the child’s best interests and reasonable with respect to the means of the spouses and the child and the family’s history. An award of s. 7 expenses is not automatic. K.S. bears the onus of proving that the expenses are necessary and reasonable: Campbell v. Martijn (1998), 40 R.F.L. (4th) 41 (P.E.I.S.C.) at 48.
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