Part 5 — Family Maintenance and Support
72 Definitions
(a) "family home" means
(i) a house or part of a house that is a self-contained
dwelling unit,
(ii) a part of business premises used as living
accommodation,
(iii) a mobile home,
(iv) a residential unit as defined in the Condominium
Property Act, or
(v) a suite
that, at the time of a deceas ed's death, was ordinarily
occupied by the deceased and the deceased's spouse or adult
interdependent partner as their home and was owned,
whether wholly or in part, or leased by the deceased but not
by the deceased's surviving spouse or partner;
(b) "family member" means, in respect of a deceased,
(i) a spouse o f the deceased,
(ii) the adult interdependent partner of the deceased,
(iii) a child of the deceased who is under the age of 18 years
at the time of the deceased's death, including a child
who is in the womb at that time and is later born alive,
(iv) a child of the deceased who is at least 18 years of age at
the time of the deceased's death and unable to earn a
livelihood by reason of mental or physical disability,
(v) a child of the deceased who, at the time of the
deceased's death,
(A) is at least 18 but under 22 years of age, and
(B) is unable to withdraw fro m his or her parents' charge
because he or she is a full-time student as determined
in accordance with the Family Law Act and its
regulations, and
(vi) a grandchild or great -grandchild of the deceased
(A) who is under 18 years of age, and
(B) in respect of whom the dec eased stood in the place of
a parent
at the time of the deceased's death;
(c) "household goods" means personal property that,
(i) at the time of a deceased's death, was owned by the
deceased or both the deceased and the deceased's spouse
or adult interdependent partner, and
(ii) at the time of a deceased's death, was needed or being
ordinarily used for transportation, household,
educational, recreational or health purposes by the
deceased's spouse or adult interdependent partner or by
any child described in clause (b)(iii) or (iv) who is
residing in the family home;
(d) "spouse" includes a party to a void or voidable marriage.