What is the test for having access to a child?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stephens v. Stephens, 2013 ONSC 7082 (CanLII):
Although there is a presumptive parental right to access, the focus in the analysis is with the child. In determining what is in the best interests of the child, the critical question is whether access will be of benefit to the child: see, for example, Worthington v. Worthington (2000), 2000 CanLII 22469 (ON SC), 13 R.F.L (5th) 220 (Ont. S.C.J.).
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