What is the impact of the "maximum contact" principle on a child?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kagan v. Kagan, 2010 ONSC 5965 (CanLII):
Despite the “maximum contact” principle, contact is to be restricted if it conflicts with the child’s best interests: see Young v. Young (1993), 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), 49 R.F.L. (3d) 117 (S.C.C) per McLachlin J.
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