What is the test for determining whether a child's consent is valid?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.O. v. J.H.O., 2006 BCSC 560 (CanLII):
In Harder v. Brown (1989), 50 C.C.L.T. 85, 16 A.C.W.S. (3d) 347, (B.C.S.C.) the apparent acquiescence of a ten-year-old girl involved in a seven-year sexual relationship with an elderly friend of her family’s was deemed to be legally invalid.
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