What factors must be considered when applying the best interest principle to a request for shared parenting?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hewitt v. McGrath, 2010 NSSC 275 (CanLII):

There are few written decisions providing guidance about the factors it may be important to consider when applying the best interest principle to a request for shared parenting. Farnell v. Farnell [2002] N.S.J. No. 491, is one of those decisions and in it Justice Goodfellow commented:

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