FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live
with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would
settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time
with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders
with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship
with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time
with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live
with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact
with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least
likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.
Of course, many of the sales in this area are typically smaller condos, which may not be ideal for
settling down with a family, but also
likely deflated the overall cost of median sale prices nearby.