The applicant sought child and spousal support following a 22-month cohabitation and marriage.
The central issue was whether the respondent stood in the place of a parent to the applicant's two children from a previous relationship, one of whom has severe autism.
Applying the Chartier factors, the court found the respondent demonstrated a settled intention to treat the children as his own.
The court ordered the respondent to pay child and spousal support for a fixed three-year term, reflecting the short duration of the relationship and the parties' reasonable expectations.
