What is the test for establishing that a child is a child of the marriage under the Divorce Act?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R.J.M. v. E.M., 2015 BCSC 414 (CanLII):

The onus is on the applicant for child support to prove that a child is a child of the marriage under the Divorce Act, Tindle v. Tindle, 2012 BCSC 604 at para. 102. I am not satisfied that the respondent has met that onus for this period.

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