What is the test for determining whether a child is a child of the marriage requiring support of the parents?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Matwichuk v. Stephenson, 2007 BCSC 1589 (CanLII):
In Jonasson v. Jonasson, [1995] B.C.W.L.D. 1509, [1995] B.C.J. No. 1052 (QL) (B.C.S.C.) at para. 106, Errico J. held that: In determining whether a person is a child of the marriage requiring support of the parents, the court must consider whether or not the education is required to permit the child to withdraw from the care of its parents and not whether the career goal is a desirable one.
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