How have the courts in BC dealt with an application by a daughter who unilaterally cut off ties with her father at the age of 16?

Romilly, J.D. of the British Columbia Supreme Court, in a Judgment dated March 17, 2000, Marsland v. Gibb, 2000 BCSC 471, dealt with an application by a daughter who was 19 and a half, who had unilaterally cut off ties with her father at 11, despite sincere attempts to be part of her life.

Romilly, J.D. referred back to the often quoted decision of Farden v. Farden [1993], supra, indicating, once again, that: “. . . mere attendance at an educational institution does not automatically make a mature child a “child of the marriage”. Lackadaisical attitudes toward schooling, unrealistic educational plans, exceedingly long post secondary attendances and “going to college because there is nothing better to do” will all militate against a finding of child of the marriage status.”