What is the test for determining whether the mother is more credible than the father when it comes to allegations of family violence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2022 ONSC 1303 (CanLII):
Applying the framework for analysis set out in Bradshaw v. Stenner, 2010 BCSC 1398 at paras. 185-187, aff’d 2012 BCCA 296,18 R.P.R. (5th) 184, I find the Mother to be the more credible witness when it came to the allegations of family violence.
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