Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61

JurisdictionNova Scotia
JudgeHamilton
Citation2019 NSCA 61
Date16 July 2019
CourtCourt of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
Docket NumberCA 477902
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6 practice notes
  • Parenting Arrangements After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law - Ninth edition
    • July 25, 2022
    ...v Young, [1993] 4 SCR 3 at para 17; Lust v Lust, 2007 ABCA 202 ; KP v SK, 2021 BCSC 1426 ; RJ v PJ, 2021 NBCA 28 ; Doncaster v Field, 2019 NSCA 61; Rigillo v 2019 ONCA 548 ; Gill v Gill, 2021 ONSC 6803 ; Scobie v Thiessen, 2021 SKCA 47 ; SAR v AKL, 2021 SKCA 124 . As to variation p......
  • Parenting Arrangements after Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Canadian Family Law. Eighth Edition
    • August 3, 2020
    ... [1993] 4 SCR 3 at para 17; Lust v Lust, [2007] AJ No 654 (CA); DME v RDE, 2015 ABQB 47 ; RMS v FPCS, 2011 BCCA 53 ; Doncaster v Field, 2019 NSCA 61; CN v WN, 2019 NSSC 299 ; BV v PV, 2012 ONCA 262 ; Rigillo v Rigillo, 2019 ONCA 548 ; Magnus v Magnus, [2006] SJ No 510 (CA); JJB v SJB,......
  • P.W. v. M.W., 2021 NSSC 72
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • February 25, 2021
    ...of the children, I must consider the Principle of Maximum contact in s. 16(10) of the Divorce Act. The NSCA in Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61, said the maximum contact principle is a significant consideration as it is the only specific factor which Parliament has seen fit to single out as......
  • FREITAS v. CHRISTOPHER,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 29, 2021
    ...the maximum contact principle and reviewed the following appellate decisions: Kagan v. Brown, 2019 ONCA 495; Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61, 27 R.F.L. (8th) 85. Although these two decisions deal with the Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.), s. 24(6) of the amendments to the CLRA co......
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4 cases
  • P.W. v. M.W., 2021 NSSC 72
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • February 25, 2021
    ...of the children, I must consider the Principle of Maximum contact in s. 16(10) of the Divorce Act. The NSCA in Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61, said the maximum contact principle is a significant consideration as it is the only specific factor which Parliament has seen fit to single out as......
  • FREITAS v. CHRISTOPHER,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 29, 2021
    ...the maximum contact principle and reviewed the following appellate decisions: Kagan v. Brown, 2019 ONCA 495; Doncaster v. Field, 2019 NSCA 61, 27 R.F.L. (8th) 85. Although these two decisions deal with the Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.), s. 24(6) of the amendments to the CLRA co......
  • G.D.S. v. S.J.S.S.,
    • Canada
    • April 4, 2022
    ...child’s point of view. … (citations omitted) [46]       In another case, Doncaster v Field, 2019 NSCA 61 at para. 30, the court clearly stated that the wishes of a 14- and 13-year-old were to be carefully considered in determining their best ......
  • Doncaster v. Field, 2020 NSSC 257
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • September 22, 2020
    ...of litigation relating to the children of their marriage.  The most recent decision is that of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (2019 NSCA 61), ordering that Mr. Doncaster shall have access with his two youngest children, Grace (born October *, 2003, age 16) and Kate (born March *, 2005......
2 books & journal articles
  • Parenting Arrangements After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law - Ninth edition
    • July 25, 2022
    ...v Young, [1993] 4 SCR 3 at para 17; Lust v Lust, 2007 ABCA 202 ; KP v SK, 2021 BCSC 1426 ; RJ v PJ, 2021 NBCA 28 ; Doncaster v Field, 2019 NSCA 61; Rigillo v 2019 ONCA 548 ; Gill v Gill, 2021 ONSC 6803 ; Scobie v Thiessen, 2021 SKCA 47 ; SAR v AKL, 2021 SKCA 124 . As to variation p......
  • Parenting Arrangements after Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Canadian Family Law. Eighth Edition
    • August 3, 2020
    ... [1993] 4 SCR 3 at para 17; Lust v Lust, [2007] AJ No 654 (CA); DME v RDE, 2015 ABQB 47 ; RMS v FPCS, 2011 BCCA 53 ; Doncaster v Field, 2019 NSCA 61; CN v WN, 2019 NSSC 299 ; BV v PV, 2012 ONCA 262 ; Rigillo v Rigillo, 2019 ONCA 548 ; Magnus v Magnus, [2006] SJ No 510 (CA); JJB v SJB,......

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