What is the test for removing a child from a parent's care?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walsh v. Musolino, 2011 NSSC 289 (CanLII):
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal considered this issue in Hjorleifson v. Gooch (N.S.C.A.), [1986] N.S.J. No. 209, a case involving a surreptitious removal of a child from the father's care.
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