What is the test for standing in the place of a parent?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A.M.A.S. v. J.E.S., 2003 BCSC 943 (CanLII):
Under Section 2(2) of the Divorce Act, the critical question is whether the plaintiff stood in the place of a parent at the time the family functioned as a unit: see Chartier v. Chartier 1999 CanLII 707 (SCC), [1998] S.C.J. No. 79 (para. 36).
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