Supreme Court

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Myer v. Lyle

Court Supreme Court
Date 2014-06-13
Citation 2014 NSSC 233
Docket SFHMCA 083379
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator O'Neil, Lawrence I. (Honourable Associate Chief Justice, Family Division)
Document Type Decision
Relations Library Sheet - Myer v. Lyle - 2014 NSSC 233 - 2014-06-13 - Library Sheet

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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(Family Division)

Citation: Myer v. Lyle, 2014 NSSC 233

 

Date: 20140613

Docket: SFHMCA 083379

Registry: Halifax

 

 

Between:

 

Hannah Elizabeth Myer

Applicant

and

 

David Harold Gordon Lyle

Respondent

 

LIBRARY HEADING

Judge:                                 The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. O’Neil

 

Hearing:                           June 5 and 6, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Issues:                     Primary care of the parties’ three (3) year old child

 

Summary:                                                      The Court held the best interests of the child required that the child be with the mother in Nova Scotia.  The father, who resided in Edmonton, was given the option to parent the child one week each month, which parenting time could be exercised by his grandparents in PEI.

 

Keywords:                                                    Custody; access; undue hardship; best interests; grandparents

 

Legislation:                                                 Maintenance and Custody Act, R.S.N.S. 1989 c.160

 

Cases Considered:  Dorey v. MacNutt, 2013 NSSC 267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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