Figure 3.12 Percentage of Cases Specifying Special or Extraordinary Expenses Under Section 7 of the Guidelines for Cases with Children Under and Over the Age of Majority

Figure 3.12 presents the proportion of cases in which all children were either under or over the age of majority and in which the type of special or extraordinary expense was specified. Approximately equal proportions of cases in each group awarded health-related expenses. However, as expected, child care or day-care expenses were much more likely to be awarded in cases in which all children were under rather than over the age of majority (13.9 percent compared to 0.4 percent, respectively). Similarly, expenses for post-secondary education were considerably more likely to be awarded in cases in which all children were over the age of majority (18.6 percent) rather than under the age of majority (5 percent). Of the 8,933 cases that specified which of the special or extraordinary expenses were awarded, the majority of cases (51.3 percent) had one expense awarded. Considerably fewer cases had two (22.5 percent), three (12.1 percent), four (5.7 percent), five (4.4 percent) or six (4 percent) special or extraordinary expenses awarded.