quality of time

A mother appealed an order that a child be placed in the care of a paternal great aunt, claiming that the judge should have given primary regard to a birth parent or biological parent.  The appeal...

The Family Law Act refers to ‘reasonable grounds to believe.’  The judge found that facts that provide reasonable grounds for a suspicion or belief do not lead to a positive finding of abuse or violence. Probability...

Parents separated when the child was 3 weeks old, and the hearing was held while the child was an infant.  The mother asserted that she had no support network in the city and applied to relocate...