What is the test for having as much contact as possible with one spouse during a separation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Waxman v Waxman, 2016 ONSC 3237 (CanLII):
The Divorce Act mandates that the court give effect to the principle that a child of the marriage should have as much contact with each spouse as is consistent with the best interests of the child: s. 16(10). The best interests of the child must be ascertained from the perspective of the child: Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), [1993], 4 S.C.R. 3 at pp. 47 and 99.
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