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R.H. v A.L.S., 2023 NSSC 171 Judge: Justice Samuel Moreau Subject: Primary Care; Parental Decision Making; Parenting Time Summary: The parties separated in 2020 after 13 years of marriage.  The separation had been highly contentious.  The father, R.H., sought primary care and decision-making responsibilities for their 8-year-old child, while reducing the mother’s parenting time.  The […]

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New Brunswick Court of Appeal Rules on Child Support Obligations...

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal’s decision in ASL v LSL, 2020 NBCA 15, reaffirmed the high standard on judges determining child support obligations for parents with equal amounts of parenting time. Background In ASL, the parties had a separation agreement, signed shortly after their separation, which provided the parents with roughly equal parenting time […]