Is continuing in secondary school education a "other cause" for a child's inability to withdraw from parental charge within the definition of a child of the marriage?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from A.E v. A.E., 2021 ONSC 8189 (CanLII):
The child’s continued enrolment in educational studies may constitute “other cause” for a child’s inability to withdraw from parental charge within the definition of “child of the marriage” (Jackson v. Jackson, 1972 CanLII 141 (SCC), [1973] S.C.R. 205 (S.C.C.)). Most of the cases on this point focus on children who are enrolled in post-secondary studies, but the caselaw applies equally to children who are continuing in their studies at the secondary school level.
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