Does the Guidelines amount apply to children who live away from home for part of the year attending post-secondary education?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gilchrist v. Gilchrist, 2015 BCSC 1636 (CanLII):
In P.R.M. v. B.J.M., 2012 BCSC 1795, Madam Justice Arnold-Bailey held that the Guidelines amount continues to apply to children under the age of majority who live away from home for part of the year attending post-secondary education (citing Bockhold v. Bockhold, 2006 BCCA 472).
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