Figure 4.3: 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 4.3 presents the proportion of cases in which all children were either under the age of majority or over the age of majority[13] and in which type of special or extraordinary expense was specified. As expected, child/day care expenses were much more likely to be ordered in cases in which all children were under the age of majority rather than over the age of majority (13.7 percent compared to 0.2 percent, respectively). Similarly, expenses for post-secondary education were considerably more likely to be ordered in cases in which all children were over the age of majority (16.7 percent) rather than under the age of majority (4.3 percent). Of the 13,167 cases that specified which of the special or extraordinary expenses were ordered, the majority of cases (53 percent) had one expense ordered. Considerably fewer cases had two (22.1 percent), three (11.8 percent), four (5.4 percent), five (4 percent) or six (3.6 percent) special or extraordinary expenses ordered.
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