What are the "best interest factors" in a child protection application?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.P.D.S. v. J.M.S., 2022 ONSC 1212 (CanLII):
The list of best interest factors is not a checklist to be tabulated with the highest score winning. Rather, it calls for the court to take a holistic look at the children, their needs and the people around them: Phillips v. Phillips, 2021 ONSC 2480, at para 47.
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