Does a 19-year-old who is a full-time student have ceased to be a child of the marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gron v Gron, 2021 BCSC 1375 (CanLII):
In Gasparini v. Gasparini, 2014 BCSC 1465 (“Gasparini”) at para. 51, Justice Pearlman held that a 19-year-old who had been out of high school for two years, resided with her mother, had restricted her studies to one online course in each semester, and was capable of working full-time and fulfilling the requirements of her part time studies, had ceased to be a child of the marriage. The court further noted that in the event she increased her level of part-time study or became a full-time student, “...then her status as a child of the marriage may be revisited, together with the question of her contribution, and that of her parents to the cost of her education and living expenses for post-secondary studies”.
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