How have courts dealt with religious differences in custody decisions?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from A.R. and B.R. v. M.W. and L.R., 2015 BCPC 285 (CanLII):

The applicants also referred to Young v. Young (1993) 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), 49 R.F.L. (3d) 117 (S.C.C.). Young v. Young involved a dispute between a mother, who had full custody of the children, and a father, who had access to the children. The mother and father were joint guardians of the children and disagreed over religion.

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