Is a 19-year-old who is a paying parent of a child not entitled to maintenance?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Goobie v. Young, 2009 BCSC 631 (CanLII):
In Marsland v. Gibb, 2000 BCSC 471, Romilly J. held that a 19-year-old female who had clearly demonstrated, without any reasonable basis, rejection of a paying parent, was not entitled to continued maintenance notwithstanding a demonstrated need for same.
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