What is the burden of establishing that an adult child attending post-secondary education is a child of the marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ratnam v. Priyanthan, 2017 BCCA 343 (CanLII):
Although the burden of establishing that an adult child attending post-secondary education is a child of the marriage is on the recipient-parent, these are not a “set of iron-clad requirements” and it is not necessary for that parent to adduce evidence on all of these points: Shaw v. Arndt, 2016 BCCA 78 at para. 25.
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