What is the test for a parent to have a claim against their child?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Giles v. Waldron, 2006 NSSC 326 (CanLII):
Parental claims are not determinative but as part of the consideration of bests interests of the children, parental claims are not lightly put aside, hey are entitled to serious consideration (King v. Low 1985 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1985] 1 S.C.R. 87 at p. 101.)
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