Does an adult child who moves into the home of his parent's family unit need to pay board or be considered a member of the family unit?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Simon (Guardian ad litem of) v. Portsmith, 2010 BCSC 134 (CanLII):
The mere fact that an adult child returns to the home of his parent for a visit does not make him a “member of the family”. Thus, in Paynter v. Wood, supra, it was said at para. 8: 8 ... Even though he was welcome to come there whenever he wanted to do so, and because his mother felt responsibility for him, the act of moving into the family even without any arrangement about paying board does not per se make him a member of a family unit. Otherwise any child coming back to visit a family on a holiday would upon reaching home become a member of the family unit, and such I am satisfied was never the intention of the law.
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