Is it appropriate for a child to pursue full-time employment during the academic year?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Liscio v. Avram, 2009 CanLII 43640 (ON SC):
As Wright J. also observed in Coghil v. Coghill, above: “Children have an obligation to make a reasonable contribution to their own post-secondary education or training. This does not signify that all of a child’s income should be applied to the costs of the child’s further education. A child should be entitled to some personal benefit from the fruits of his or her labour.” Also, “It is not appropriate to require a child to pursue part-time employment during the academic year where that would interfere with the child’s academic progress.”[3]
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