Cairns v. Cairns, (1994) 145 N.B.R.(2d) 86 (FD)
Judge | Athey, J. |
Court | Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (Canada) |
Case Date | December 02, 1993 |
Jurisdiction | New Brunswick |
Citations | (1994), 145 N.B.R.(2d) 86 (FD) |
Cairns v. Cairns (1994), 145 N.B.R.(2d) 86 (FD);
145 R.N.-B.(2e) 86; 372 A.P.R. 86
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Eileen Mae Cairns (applicant) v. Dennis Cairns (respondent)
(File No. FDF-666-91)
Indexed As: Cairns v. Cairns
New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench
Family Division
Judicial District of Fredericton
Athey, J.
March 30, 1994.
Summary:
A custodial mother applied to have the father's access terminated, or, in the alternative, restricted to short supervised periods. The father applied to have an existing access order enforced.
The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, restricted the father's weekly access to two hours under supervision. The court ordered the father to be responsible for the supervisor's cost.
Family Law - Topic 1947
Custody and access - Variation of custody and access rights - Changed circumstances - [See Family Law - Topic 1951 ].
Family Law - Topic 1951
Custody and access - Variation of custody and access rights - Welfare of child - A father had access to his daughter on days off work plus specified access - Because she feared the dark and would not stay by herself, the daughter often slept with the father - The father frequently used profane and degrading language towards the mother - The daughter witnessed an altercation between her parents and saw the father assault the mother - She refused to go with the father - Subsequent access supervised - Daughter receiving counselling - The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, restricted the father's weekly access to two hours under supervision where the violence, verbal abuse and sleeping arrangements constituted a change in circumstances such that the best interests of the child necessitated a change.
Cases Noticed:
Ferrara v. Trafford (1987), 80 N.B.R.(2d) 42; 202 A.P.R. 42 (Fam. Div.), refd to. [para. 15].
Statutes Noticed:
Family Services Act, S.N.B. 1980, c. F-2.2, sect. 1 [para. 16]; sect. 53(2), sect. 78(1)(b), sect. 129(2) [para. 14]; sect. 129(3) [paras. 13, 14].
Counsel:
Ann E. Wheeler, for the applicant;
Howard T. Myatt, for the respondent.
This case was heard on November 17 and December 2, 1993 and January 17, 1994, before Athey, J., of the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, Judicial District of Fredericton, who delivered judgment on March 30, 1994.
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