Does a child have a responsibility to his or her parents to maintain the child?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Isaacson v. Isaacson, 1987 CanLII 2935 (BC SC):

The court held, in Gibbs v. Gibbs, B.C.S.C., 9th July 1986, Van­couver No. A852810 (not yet reported), that both parents have a responsibility to maintain the child, commensurate with his or her financial ability to contribute toward maintenance.

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