Is the middle child of the marriage considered a child in the marriage?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Klavano v. Howell, 2011 NSSC 435 (CanLII):
The middle child is attending an educational program in Vancouver. Whether or not a child is a “child of the marriage” has been considered by our Court of Appeal in MacLennan v. MacLennan, 2003 NSCA 9 at paragraphs 37 - 41:
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