What are the requirements for a shared parenting arrangement?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Buxton v. Buxton, 2006 SKQB 539 (CanLII):
In a shared parenting arrangement it is not necessary for parents to parent “exactly” the same. However, there must be some common ground so that the children adjust from one home to the other as smoothly as possible. I adopt the following words of Klebuc J. (as he then was), regarding shared parenting, as set out in para. 32 of the T.(T.E.) v. L. (J.D.) supra, decision: 32 It follows that where a shared parenting arrangement is proposed, two specific requirements must be met in addition to those generally applicable in custody cases: first, the parents have the ability to communicate with each other in a reasonable manner regarding major issues concerning their children’s welfare; second, the security of one residence, one set of rules and expectations and one set of primary friends is not materially significant and therefore not in the best interest of the child. See Colwell v. Colwell, supra, for the full discussion of the requirements.
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