How have courts interpreted the doctrine of parental preference?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Khan v. Kong, 2007 CanLII 61091 (ON SC):

Moores v. Feldstein, supra, has been consistently cited as the decision marking the movement away from the parental preference doctrine. Distinguishing Facts

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