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.

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.

Duty to notify paying parent that uninsured health costs have been incurred not triggered until there is an order for payment.

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.

If parents' income not disparate, court has discretion to determine whether to order child care and uninsured medical costs shared equally or in proportion to net disposable income.