What is the test for determining whether a parent's actions are in the best interests of the child or child?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from M.N. v C.G.F, 2019 BCSC 1406 (CanLII):

In coming to a conclusion about what is in the best interests of the child or children, the court must make an individualized inquiry and cannot rely on the presumption of the status quo: Hill v. McCracken, 2008 BCSC 932 at para. 67.

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