The person seeking to change a court order must prove that there has been a change of circumstances since the order was granted. Parenting orders are based on a child’s best interests. A change means the existing order is no longer in the child’s best interests and a new order must be crafted to recognize the child’s current circumstances: Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27.
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