Custody and Access– Mobility After separation when one parent has custody of the children, he or she may decide to relocate for a considerable distance from the jurisdiction where both parents are residing with the children for various reasons notably, employment opportunities, relationship or family support. Often the access parent opposes the move to protect his/her access rights because the move often times interferes with the access schedule by reducing the frequency of access and increasing access costs. The test…
Court Ordered Supervised Access in Public Access Supervised Centre
Pursuant to section 34 of the Children’s Law Reform Act, a court may give such directions as it considers appropriate for the supervision of custody or access by a person, a children’s aid society or other body. My focus here is on access supervised by a Supervised Access Centre. Supervised access orders are made to address the best interest of the child by addressing a parent’s parenting skills, reintegration or introduction of child with the parent, protect the child from…