A-14, r. 2 - Regulation respecting legal aid

Section 5 Disposition versions

2023-05-25

5. For the purposes of section 1.2 of the Act respecting legal aid and the provision of certain other legal services (chapter A-14), a minor child or a child of full age who meets any of the following conditions is considered to cease to be part of the family and to be an adult:

(1)  no longer attends an educational institution on a full-time basis, holds employment and does not depend on the family for livelihood;

(2)  holds an undergraduate university degree and attends an educational institution;

(3)  met his or her own needs and did not reside with the family for at least 2 years, excluding any period of full-time attendance in an educational institution;

(4)  held remunerated employment on a full-time basis or received, in respect of such employment, benefits under the Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23), for at least 2 years;

(5)  is or was married;

(6)  lives or lived with another person in a de facto union and cohabits or cohabited at a given time with that person for at least 1 year;

(7)  is or was the father or mother or parent of a child;

(8)  has been pregnant for at least 20 weeks; or

(9)  the child’s father or mother or parent cannot be found or they refuse to meet the child’s needs or the child is in the custody of a person referred to in section 2 who cannot be found or refuses to meet the child’s needs, as the case may be.

O.C. 1073-96, s. 5; O.C. 739-2023, s. 2.

2012-09-01

5. For the purposes of section 1.2 of the Act respecting legal aid and the provision of certain other legal services (chapter A-14), a minor child or a child of full age who is in any of the following situations is considered to cease to be part of the family and to be an adult:

(1)  he no longer attends an educational institution on a full-time basis, he holds employment and he does not depend on his family for his living;

(2)  he is the holder of an undergraduate university degree and attends an educational institution;

(3)  he has met his own needs and has not resided with his family for at least 2 years, excluding any period of full-time attendance in an educational institution;

(4)  he has held remunerated employment on a full-time basis or has received, in respect of such employment, benefits under the Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23), for at least 2 years;

(5)  he is or was married;

(6)  he lives or lived with another person in a de facto union and cohabits or has cohabited at a given time with that person for at least 1 year;

(7)  he is or was the father of a child or she is or was the mother of a child;

(8)  she has been pregnant for at least 20 weeks; or

(9)  his father, mother or the person designated in section 2 cannot be found or they refuse to meet his needs.

O.C. 1073-96, s. 5.