What is the test for a judge to determine a child’s best interests?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Deroy (Re), 2009 CanLII 63369 (ON SC):
As noted in Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27, “[I]n order to determine the child’s best interests, the judge must consider how the change impacts on all aspects of the child’s life”.
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