Does a period of self-sufficiency preclude a finding that a child was a child of the marriage at the time of an application for support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from H.L.U. v. R.C.U., 2015 BCSC 313 (CanLII):
A period of self-sufficiency in the early stages of the child’s adulthood does not preclude a finding that he or she qualifies as a child of the marriage at the time the application for support is made: Longhurst v. Longhurst, 2005 BCSC 1189.
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