Is support or encouragement of one parent that the other parent should not have a relationship with the other's children?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Leggatt v Leggatt, 2015 ONSC 4502 (CanLII):
As noted in Reeves v. Reeves, (2001) 102 A.C.W.S. (3d) 1116 at para. 38 (S.C.): Based on a significant number of studies and case law in this area, any support or encouragement by one parent that the children not have a relationship with the other parent simply demonstrates the irresponsibility of the parent who has the children and demonstrates that parent’s inability to act in the best interests of their children…
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