When a separated spouse is a custodial parent of a child, is the separated spouse considered to be a party to a claim of hardship?
New Brunswick, Canada
The following excerpt is from Grover v. MacIntosh, 2001 CanLII 21692 (NB QB):
Such hardship has also been recognized where the separated spouse is a custodial parent. As McLachlin J. observed in Thibaudeau v. Canada, supra: "Second, separated . . . custodial parents considered as a group have historically been subject to disadvantageous treatment. The social opprobrium to which this group has been subjected over the years may have lessened with time. Nevertheless, even today evidence of disadvantage suffered by such persons is overwhelming."
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