CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Current C/S Guidelines
.........Presumptive Amount/Add-Ons
............Additional Support (Add-Ons)
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Additional child support in excess of presumed correct support can be ordered (some mandatory; some discretionary): Commonly called "add-ons."

Add-ons may be allocated between parties.

FC §4062 allows a court to consider a request for childcare costs related to reasonably necessary education for prospective employment to allow a custodial parent to become self-supporting without the need for public assistance.

The trial ct. properly denied custodial parent's request for a child care add-on while she pursued elective education and had the ability to obtain fulltime ployment.

Children's recreational activities properly characterized as "discretionary add-ons."

Private school tuition and tutoring expenses to be paid equally by each parent.

Postjudgment assessment to H of 27% of add-ons, based on his unemployment income at time add-ons accrued, appropriate.

Court had jurisdiction to resolve issue of retroactive prejudgment add-ons and was not foreclosed from doing so by statute, earlier rulings, or previous judgment.