Not exact matches
In the reasoning
of the majority this
case was among a number where public authorities had been given powers and duties to protect a class
of person (the
case of powers and duties
of local authorities to investigate alleged
abuse of children was drawn as a
parallel) and in exercising those powers may cause loss to third parties.
Alison regularly represents parents in complex care proceedings including those involving international elements and where non-accidental injury, serious physical
abuse, or sexual
abuse of the
child has been alleged, and
cases with
parallel criminal proceedings.
Rather than requesting a rigid 50 - 50, it may be appropriate in some domestic violence
cases and alienation
cases to request substantial time with each parent in a
parallel plan (which could be 70 - 30 or 60 - 40), so long as the
children are protected from risk
of ongoing
abuse.
In Ontario,
parallel parenting has been ordered since Kaplanis in high conflict
cases where both parties are capable parents and should have an active role in the upbringing
of their
child or
children, and where there is potential for one parent to
abuse an order for sole custody.