Is child support a right belonging to the child and cannot be waived by the parent?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Flick v. Flick, 2011 BCSC 264 (CanLII):

Child support is a right belonging to the child and cannot be waived by a parent: Richardson v. Richardson, 1987 CanLII 58 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 857.

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