What is the difference between the wishes of the children and the children’s best interests?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McIntyre v. Veinot, 2016 NSSC 8 (CanLII):
As noted in Kennedy v. McNiven, 2014 NSSC 162, at paragraph 79, although the wishes of the children is but one factor to take into account in determining their best interests, in this case, the children’s wishes and the children’s best interests “lead me to the same result”.
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