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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