Is a child of the marriage entitled to a university degree if they have attained a first degree?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Karim v. Karim, 2013 BCSC 802 (CanLII):
The Court of Appeal in Neufeld v. Neufeld, 2005 BCCA 7 noted there is no automatic rule the child is no longer a “child of the marriage” once they have attained a first university degree.
The law here has been well reviewed by Jenkins J. in Naylor v. Naylor, 2012 BCSC 1450. I did not intend to repeat his comments on the applicable law. I note that case involved a rather similar situation with the child moving on to a medical degree at UBC and similar to F., had worked extremely hard to attain high grades to enter medical school and similarly had obtained a line of credit from a Canadian bank to assist in the costs of becoming a qualified doctor.
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