What is the material change in circumstances relating to custody and access?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Chan v Ly, 2017 ONSC 3339 (CanLII):

Although neither party referred the court to any case law, the seminal case on the issue of material change in circumstances relating to custody and access is Gordon v. Goertz.[1] From that case, the following principles emerge.

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