Is there an automatic rule or presumption applicable a priori in any category of cases where a custodial parent unilaterally changes a child's residence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pearson v. Whittingham, 2012 ONCJ 187 (CanLII):
[23] Based on the decision in Gordon v. Goertz, I do not think that it can be said that there is an “automatic rule” or a presumption applicable a priori in any category of case[3] that a custodial parent may unilaterally change a child’s residence and thus change the jurisdiction in which the arrangements for a child must be determined.
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