Is there a societal obligation to support a disabled adult when the child becomes an adult?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Liscio v. Avram, 2009 CanLII 43640 (ON SC):
As Panet, J. noted in Cossette, “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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