What is the current status quo in a custody matter?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Penfold v. Stevens et al, 2021 ONSC 1987 (CanLII):
A parent does not necessarily have a better claim for custody than a non-biological parent. The court granted primary residence to the grandmother of a child that had been in her care for four years because the parents were unable to provide for her. (see Alfred v. Paredes 2017 ONSC 4622) What was the status quo?
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