Is the best interests of the child paramount consideration for the court?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.L.H. v. J.D.H., 2012 BCSC 1245 (CanLII):
Under the Divorce Act, the best interests of the child is not only the paramount consideration, it is the only consideration for the court: Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27.
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