CUSTODY, PARENTING, AND ACCESS - Conduct of parents - Willingness to facilitate access with other parent

Law360 Canada ( October 16, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT) -- Appeal by SB from a decision determining parenting arrangements for the parties’ child. KB left Saltcoats with the child under the pretext of visiting family in Saskatoon. She did not return with the child to Saltcoats thereafter. SB applied pursuant to the Children’s Law Act (CLA) for an order directing the return of the child to his care in the family home in Saltcoats, or alternatively, to the Yorkton area such that a shared parenting arrangement could be implemented. The trial judge determined that the child would spend equal time with SB and KB on a week on, week off basis until he was of school age. SB said that the trial judge erred by mischaracterizing and assigning weight to a unilateral status quo, failing to treat and analyze the case as a relocation case, concluding that the child had stability living full-time in Saskatoon, failing to consider and allocate sufficient weight to KB’s unwillingness to promote a relationship between the child and SB, and analyzing the evidence of family violence put forth by both parties....
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