Is a 21-year-old, living at home and attending college in Toronto, entitled to long-term support?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from MacLean v. Taylor, 2014 ONCJ 449 (CanLII):

[37] Shannon’s circumstances: being a 21-year-old, living at home and attending college in Toronto are very similar to a minor child living at home and attending high school. See: Park v. Thompson, supra. This order will create a short-term support obligation that the father can easily afford. The mother has provided a home for Shannon while she has attended at school and is entitled to appropriate support to ensure that Shannon is supported at a lifestyle consistent with the parties’ joint incomes for this discrete period of time. The father’s argument that Shannon should contribute more towards her expenses was adequately addressed in requiring her to pay the balance of her post-secondary costs without further contribution by him.

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