How will a child's wishes be treated if one parent has undermined the relationship with the other parent?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from E.H. v. O.K., 2018 ONCJ 412 (CanLII):

[75] A child’s wishes will be given less weight where one parent has undermined the relationship with the other parent. See: Decaen v. Decaen, supra, at paras. 42, 44-45.

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