What are the relevant factors in a custody application?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ryall v. Ryall, 2009 ONCJ 687 (CanLII):
[76] As the Ryall case is not a request for a change in an earlier custody order, only some of the factors enumerated in Gordon v. Goertz, supra, apply. In the Ryall case, the relevant factors to consider are in subparagraphs [49](5) and (6) and clauses [49](7)(a), (b), (c), (e), and (g).
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