Private School Tuition as part of a Child Support Calculation in Maryland

Private school tuition typically is not included as a cost for the purpose of child support calculations. However in Maryland the Court has the ability to consider certain factors in order to decide whether the child has a particular educational need to attend private school. These factors may include how the child is currently performing in school, whether or not there is a family tradition of attending private school, whether or not the child was already attending private school prior to the divorce, whether or not the parents have the ability to pay, and any other factor that would bear on whether or not it was in the child's best interest
to attend private school.