Is there any material error for the court to place any weight on evidence that the relocating parent would not move without the child?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.C. v. S.C., 2013 BCPC 217 (CanLII):
Justice Saunders noted in Hejzlar v. Mitchell-Hejzlar at para. 46 that it is a material error for the court to place any weight on evidence that the relocating parent would not move without the child because: The subtle, and troublesome, consequence of approaching the question with preference for the status quo is that the fully rounded analysis does not occur.
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