What is the legal test for having a beneficiary be a child of full legal capacity?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Stoor v. Stoor Estate, 2014 ONSC 5684 (CanLII):

The more contentious issue between the parties in this case relates to the first requirement under Saunders v. Vautier, that the beneficiary be an adult of full legal capacity.

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