Can a court disregard the terms of a custody and access agreement?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vojan v. Lauzon, 2015 ONSC 987 (CanLII):
Also, in Duguay v. Thompson-Duguay, [2000] O.J. No. 1541, the Ontario S.C.J. held that the court may disregard the terms of an otherwise enforceable contract dealing with custody and access if the court finds that those terms are not in the best interests of the child (paragraph 32).
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