What is the test for determining whether a child with special educational needs has been changed by his or her parents?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Langmead v Langmead, 2018 NSSC 244 (CanLII):

“Change alone is not enough; the change must have altered the child’s needs or the ability of the parents to meet those needs in a fundamental way.”: Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC) at paragraph 12, emphasis added.

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