Authors: Amanda Venner and Sam Rollans

The quantum of ongoing child support for children over the age of majority is presently the most discretionary, least consistent, and least predictable child support issue. This paper explores the various tests applied across Canada to determine an adult child’s entitlement to ongoing child support, and the many approaches Canadian courts have taken to determine the amount of child support payable for those children per section 3(2)(b) of the Federal Child Support Guidelines.

This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Spousal & Child Support program in Edmonton on April 4, 2024.