Is there a genuine concern that the husband's former relationship with the wife's children should now result in him being denied joint custody of the children?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Willoughby v Willoughby, 2002 BCSC 127 (CanLII):
That the wife willingly left the children in the care of the husband for the 2000/2001 school year is inconsistent with there being a genuine concern that the husband’s former relationship with the children should now result in his being deprived of an order for their joint custody. I agree with the husband’s submission that an observation of Mr. Justice McKinnon in Pullman v. Pullman, 2000 BCSC 1654 is germane. At paragraph 27 he said this: I do not wish to dwell upon the faults or weaknesses of these parents. We all suffer deficiencies. I merely point out that, although much of the trial was taken up with complaints against one another, neither is a bad person nor does either suffer any serious problems that might impact adversely upon the children.
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