When will a court order joint custody and shared parenting arrangements?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from KR v. NA, 2017 ABPC 281 (CanLII):

In Richter v. Richter, 2005 ABCA 165, Fraser C.J.A. stated at paragraph 11: “First, as a general proposition, joint custody and shared parenting arrangements ought not to be ordered where the parents are in substantial conflict with each other ... The best interests of a child are not well served by imposing regimes which invite continued court applications on all matters, big and small ...”

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