What is the test for an adult child to contribute to their post-secondary education costs?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Smart v Smart, 2015 ONSC 4607 (CanLII):

While there is an expectation that an adult child, with resources, will contribute to her post-secondary education costs, there is no expectation that she will fund these costs solely from loans or exhaust all other sources, such as an inheritance, before her parents contribute to her education: See Lewi v. Lewi.

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