How have courts interpreted the presumption in favour of the custodial parent in a custody matter?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lundy v. Lundy, 1996 CanLII 2635 (BC SC):
17 In Manore v. Manore [l995] B.C.J. No. 2719, our Court of Appeal chose to follow the Carter v. Brooks approach and refused to apply a presumption in favour of the custodial parent.
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