On a temporary family-law motion, the applicant sought contribution to a child's private school tuition as a special or extraordinary expense under s. 7 of the guidelines.
The court found the tuition was extraordinary relative to the applicant's means and was necessary and reasonable in the child's best interests, given the child's autism diagnosis and the evidence that the private school provided materially superior educational and therapeutic supports to those available in the public system.
Applying the effective-notice analysis for retroactive support, the court fixed September 1, 2023 as the start date for temporary contribution.
The respondent was ordered to pay arrears for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 school years and to pay 63% of ongoing private school expenses.
