Bill 113 explained in plain English
Family Law Amendment Act (Support for Adult Children), 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 113, the Family Law Amendment Act (Support for Adult Children), 2017, requires parents to support adult children unable to support themselves due to illness, disability, or other causes.
This bill amends the Family Law Act to require parents to provide financial support to their adult children if the adult child is unable to support themselves due to illness, disability, or another reason. Previously, the obligation to support a child under the Family Law Act generally applied to minor children, or those enrolled in full-time education, or those unable to obtain necessities due to illness, disability, or other causes. This amendment specifically extends the obligation to adult children under certain conditions.
- It changes the Family Law Act to include an obligation for parents to support their adult children.
- This obligation applies if the adult child cannot support themselves because of an illness, disability, or other similar cause.
- It repeals and replaces subsection 31 (1) of the Family Law Act to include this new provision for adult children.
- Parents in Ontario
- Adult children in Ontario who are unable to support themselves due to illness, disability, or other causes.
- Parents have a legal obligation to provide financial support to their adult children if those children are unable to support themselves due to illness, disability, or other causes.
- Adult children who meet the specified conditions may have a right to receive financial support from their parents.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'other cause' in the phrase 'illness, disability or other cause' that prevents an adult child from supporting themselves.
- The bill does not specify the amount or duration of support that a parent must provide to an adult child.
Changes the definition of a child for whom a parent has a support obligation to include adult children who are unable to support themselves due to illness, disability, or other causes.
Source: Section 1
The original wording of this subsection, which outlined parental support obligations for minor children or those in full-time education, is removed and replaced with new wording that includes adult children under specific circumstances.
Source: Section 1
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