What is the test for granting unsupervised access to a person with a mental illness?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.T. v. J.T. and B.A.S., 2007 BCPC 112 (CanLII):
The presence of a mental illness will not in and of itself disentitle a party exercising access to unsupervised access where the mental illness is being properly controlled and where it is not otherwise in the child’s best interest to require supervision. Heisler v. Heisler 2006 BCSC 1157.
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