F.J.R. v. J.K.,

• Jurisdiction: New Brunswick
• Judge: Clendening, J.
• Neutral Citation: 2003 NBQB 198
• Citation: [2003] N.B.R.(2d) (Supp.) No. 37 (FD),2003 NBQB 198
• Date: 07 May 2003
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (Canada)

F.J.R. v. J.K., [2003] N.B.R.(2d) (Supp.) No. 37 (FD)

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Temp. Cite: [2003] N.B.R.(2d) (Supp.) TBEd. MY.021

Renvoi temp.: [2003] N.B.R.(2d) (Supp.) TBEd. MY.021

F.J.R. (applicant) v. J.K. (respondent)

(FDSJ-740-02; 2003 NBQB 198; 2003 NBBR 198)

Indexed As: F.J.R. v. J.K.

Répertorié: F.J.R. v. J.K.

New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench

Family Division

Judicial District of Saint John

Clendening, J.

May 22, 2003.

Summary:

Résumé:

An unmarried couple had a child while still attending high school. When the child was approximately two years old, the mother moved from New Brunswick to New Hampshire, U.S.A., with the child. The child's father applied for access. The mother commenced custody proceedings in New Hampshire. A jurisdiction issue arose.

The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, held that the access application should be heard in New Bruns­wick. The child was habitually resident in New Brunswick within the meaning of the Family Services Act. This was not a case where the court should decline jurisdiction. The more appropriate jurisdiction was New Brunswick.

Conflict of Laws - Topic 2302

Family law - Custody of and access to children - Jurisdiction of court - An unmarried couple had a child while still attending high school - The child and his mother initially lived with his maternal grandparents - When the child was approx­imately two years old, without informing the child's father, the mother took the child with her to New Hampshire, where she had remarried - She was expecting another child - The child's father applied for access - The child's mother petitioned for sole custody in New Hampshire - A jurisdictional issue arose - The New Bruns­wick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, held that the application for access should be determined in New Brunswick - The child was habitually resident in New Brunswick within the meaning of the Family Services Act, giv­ing the New Brunswick courts jurisdiction over the child - The court stated that this was not a case where it should decline jurisdiction - It was more appropriate that jurisdiction be exercised in New Bruns­wick.

Family Law - Topic 2005

Custody and access - Access - Access order - Jurisdiction - [See Conflict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Family Law - Topic 2120

Custody and access - Jurisdiction - Founded on residence of child - [See Con­flict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Family Law - Topic 2123

Custody and access - Jurisdiction - Where child taken from one jurisdiction to another without other parent's consent - [See Con­flict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Family Law - Topic 2124

Custody and access - Jurisdiction - Where custody application pending in another jurisdiction - [See Conflict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Family Law - Topic 2126

Custody and access - Jurisdiction - Declin­ing jurisdiction - [See Conflict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Droit international privé - Cote 2302

Droit de la famille - Garde des enfants et accès - Compétence du tribunal - [Voir Conflict of Laws - Topic 2302 ].

Droit de la famille - Cote 2005

Garde et accès - Accès - Ordonnance d'accès - Compétence - [Voir Family Law - Topic 2005 ].

Droit de la famille - Cote 2120

Garde et accès - Compétence - Fondement sur la résidence de l'enfant - [Voir Family Law - Topic 2120 ].

Droit de la famille - Cote 2123

Garde et accès - Compétence - Enfant emmené d'un ressort à un autre sans le consentement de l'autre parent - [Voir Family Law - Topic 2123 ].

Droit de la famille - Cote 2124

Garde et accès - Compétence - Demande de garde ou d'adoption en instance dans une autre autorité législative - [Voir Fam­ily Law - Topic 2124 ].

Droit de la famille - Cote 2126

Garde et accès - Compétence - Refus d'exercer sa compétence - [Voir Family Law - Topic 2126 ].

Cases Noticed:

S.M.H. v. G.C.H. (2002), 254 N.B.R.(2d) 296; 664 A.P.R. 296; 2002 CarswellNB 382 (Fam. Div.), refd to. [para. 11].

M.J.S. et al. v. V.M.A. (2003), 231 Sask.R. 31; 2003 CarswellSask 170 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 16].

D.A.G. v. V.G.B. (2003), 229 Sask.R. 177; 2003 CarswellSask 90 (Q.B. Fam. Div.), refd to. [para. 16].

Statutes Noticed:

Family Services Act, S.N.B. 1980, c. F-2.2, sect. 129(1) [para. 14]; sect. 130(1), sect. 130(2) [para. 8]; sect. 130(5) [para. 12].

Counsel:

Joel Hansen, for the applicant;

Mary Ann Holland, for the respondent.

This motion was heard on May 7, 2003, before Clendening, J., of the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Family Division, Judicial District of Saint John, who delivered the following judgment on May 22, 2003.