What is the result of a motion for summary judgment on a custody and/or access variation application?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from K.E.M. v. B.M., 2002 CanLII 54136 (ON CJ):
[53] The result of granting a motion for summary judgment on a custody and/or access variation application is to provide a final order that constitutes a variation of the previous order. A court must therefore apply the law governing custody and access variation applications: Yue v. Earl-McIntyre, supra.
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