In what circumstances will a 16-year-old girl be denied access to her mother’s medical records?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from M. A. v. D. L., 2003 CanLII 2402 (ON SC):
In Sachs v. Sachs, [1988], O.J. No. 1023, Costello J. stated (pg. 3) that: “the older children are, getting up into the maximum age range in which this application could be made, age 16, the more their wishes would probably be paramount in determining what is in their best interest.”
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