23.578 Extraordinary Expense; Activities

23.578 Extraordinary Expense; Activities You may find special expenses incurred for child rearing to be the basis for deviation from the presumptive child support amount. Special expenses incurred for child rearing include, but are not limited to, quantifiable expense variations related to the food, clothing, and hygiene costs of children at different age levels. Examples of such expenses include, but are not limited to, summer camp; music or art lessons; travel; schoolsponsored extracurricular activities, such as band, clubs, and athletics; and other activities intended to enhance the athletic, social, or cultural development of a child but not otherwise required to be used in calculating the presumptive amount of child support. A portion of the basic child support obligation is intended to cover average amounts of special expenses incurred in the rearing of a child. In order to determine if a deviation for special expenses is warranted, you shall consider the full amount of the special expenses and when these special expenses exceed 7 percent of the basic child support obligation, then the additional amount of special expenses shall be considered a deviation to cover the full amount of the special expenses. O.C.G.A. §19-6-15(i)(2)(J)(ii)