Is a child's pursuit of post-secondary education, athletic endeavours and a depressed job market constituting "other cause" for the continuing dependency of the child?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Tome v Furtado, 2018 BCSC 2280 (CanLII):

In certain circumstances, the courts have considered an adult child’s pursuit of post-secondary education, athletic endeavours, and a depressed job market as constituting “other cause” for the continuing dependency of a child: Neufeld v. Neufeld, 2005 BCCA 7 [Neufeld] at para. 18; Ethier at paras. 25-26.

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