What is the "best interests" of a child in a divorce case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.D.B. v. L.B., 2004 BCSC 605 (CanLII):
The “best interests” of a child is determined according to all the relevant circumstances relating to the child’s needs and the ability of the respective parents to satisfy them. Each case depends upon its own unique circumstances, assessed from a child-centred perspective. The wishes of the child is only one factor to consider in determining the child’s best interests: Divorce Act, s. 16(8); Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27.
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