Is supervised access inappropriate if the sole purpose is to provide comfort to the primary care parent?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from MH v. JH, 2013 NSSC 198 (CanLII):

Supervised access is inappropriate if its sole purpose is to provide comfort to the primary care parent. Access is for the benefit of the child and each application must be determined on its own merits: Miller v. McMaster, 2005 NSSC 259.

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