When a child is severely disabled, does the society have an obligation to support the child's care?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cossette v. Cossette, 2003 CanLII 2086 (ON SC):
Although parents are expected to support their children in their minor years, when a handicapped child becomes an adult there is a societal obligation to take over the financial support of these adults. (see Buzon v. Buzon (1999), 48 R.F.L. (4th) 263.
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