Reason 1: High costs of caring for a child
Special needs, disability, education costs, or high childcare costs

Reason 2: High costs of contact with a child
Travel costs to maintain relationship with child living far away

Reason 3: Necessary expenses to earn income
Work-related costs exceeding normal deductions

Reason 4: Child support already paid or assets transferred
Pre-existing payments or property transfers benefiting child

Reason 5: Costs of having another child in care
Costs of step-children or other children in household

Reason 6: Parent's necessary commitments
Debts incurred during relationship or to support child

Reason 7: High costs in re-establishing after separation
Costs of setting up new household within 12 months of separation

Reason 8: Income, property, or resources of either parent
Assets or income not fully reflected in taxable income

Reason 9: Income of another person in parent's household
New partner's income contributing to household expenses

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