Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Springstead v. Springstead, 2022 ONSC 1906 (CanLII):
An Office of the Children’s Lawyer (“OCL”) report that provides extensive investigation with first-hand information deserves serious consideration. Conversely, little or no weight will be given if the OCL report is outdated, is biased, uses poor methodology or improper assumptions, contains limited or incorrect evidence, or reaches conclusions that are inconsistent with objective evidence: Maharaj v. Wilfred-Jacob, 2016 ONSC 7925, at para. 67.
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