Knapp v. Knapp

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeBenotto, Miller and Trotter JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 305
Citation2021 ONCA 305
Docket Number2021onca305
Year2021

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35 practice notes
  • Chapter 10: Parenting Arrangements After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...v TLL, 2021 ABQB 680 at para 33; Dempsey v Dempsey, [2004] BCJ No 2400 (SC); DG v MG, 2019 NBCA 69; FFR v KF, 2013 NLCA 8; Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305; McIntosh v Baker, 2022 ONSC 4235; Patel v Patel, 2023 ONSC 6307 at paras 61–62; Kirkland v Kirkland, 2024 ONSC 982; Bromm v Bromm, 2010 SK......
  • Chapter 12: Remedies Available Under Provincial and Territorial Legislation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...see M B-W v RQ, 2015 NLCA 28 at paras 44–47, but compare MF v JL, [2002] RJQ 676 at paras 51–52 (Que CA), Rothman JA. 123 Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305. 124 2022 ONSC 1906 at para 31, citing Maharaj v Wilfred-Jacob, 2016 ONSC 7925 at para Canadian Family Law 10e.indb 570 11/18/2024 10:54:31 ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...2023 NBQB 218 458, 512, 513, 526 KMW v LJW, 2010 BCCA 572 579 Knapp v Knapp (1992), 40 RFL (3d) 262 (Ont Gen Div) 617 Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 479, 570 Knelsen Estate, 2020 BCSC 134 32 Knezevich v Curtis, 2013 BCSC 432 288 KNH v JPB, 2019 ABQB 511 333 11/18/2024 10:54:46 AM Table of Cas......
  • J.M.M. v C.R.M
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 26, 2025
    ...of the child's physical, emotional and psychological safety, security and wellbeing ( Barendregt, at paras. 9, 125, 135; Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 (C.A.), at para. 34). In Barendregt, the Supreme Court of Canada directed that going forward, the principle should be referred to as “the pa......
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85 cases
  • K.M. v. J.R.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 5, 2024
    ...principle that “a child should have as much time with each spouse as is consistent with the best interests of the child”. Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305. (ON CA); O'Brien v. Chuluunbaatar, 2021 ONCA 555 (ON a. This provision does not override the best interests analysis. Rather, it is part o......
  • Da Silva v. Quevedo
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 12, 2025
    ...“a child should have as much time with each spouse as is consistent with the best interests of the child”.  Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 (ON CA); O'Brien v. Chuluunbaatar 2021 ONCA 555 (ON a.     This provision does not override the best interests analysis.&nb......
  • J.M.M. v. C.R.M.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 26, 2025
    ...of the child’s physical, emotional and psychological safety, security and wellbeing (Barendregt, at paras. 9, 125, 135; Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 (C.A.), at para. 34). In Barendregt, the Supreme Court of Canada directed that going forward, the principle should be referred to as “the par......
  • Armstrong v Coupland
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 28, 2023
    ...and it does not create a presumption in favour of equal time or maximum time with each parent (Barendregt, at para. 125; Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 (C.A.), at para. 34). It is subject to the overriding best interests test, and to the paramount consideration set out in section 24(2) of th......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 10-14, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 18, 2021
    ...61, Raymond E. Brown, The Law of Defamation in Canada, loose-leaf, (2008- Rel. 3) 2 nd ed. (Scarborough: Carswell, 1999) Knapp v. Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Maximum Contact Principle, Parenting Plan, Best Interests of the Child, Office of the Children's L......
3 books & journal articles
  • Chapter 10: Parenting Arrangements After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...v TLL, 2021 ABQB 680 at para 33; Dempsey v Dempsey, [2004] BCJ No 2400 (SC); DG v MG, 2019 NBCA 69; FFR v KF, 2013 NLCA 8; Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305; McIntosh v Baker, 2022 ONSC 4235; Patel v Patel, 2023 ONSC 6307 at paras 61–62; Kirkland v Kirkland, 2024 ONSC 982; Bromm v Bromm, 2010 SK......
  • Chapter 12: Remedies Available Under Provincial and Territorial Legislation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...see M B-W v RQ, 2015 NLCA 28 at paras 44–47, but compare MF v JL, [2002] RJQ 676 at paras 51–52 (Que CA), Rothman JA. 123 Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305. 124 2022 ONSC 1906 at para 31, citing Maharaj v Wilfred-Jacob, 2016 ONSC 7925 at para Canadian Family Law 10e.indb 570 11/18/2024 10:54:31 ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...2023 NBQB 218 458, 512, 513, 526 KMW v LJW, 2010 BCCA 572 579 Knapp v Knapp (1992), 40 RFL (3d) 262 (Ont Gen Div) 617 Knapp v Knapp, 2021 ONCA 305 479, 570 Knelsen Estate, 2020 BCSC 134 32 Knezevich v Curtis, 2013 BCSC 432 288 KNH v JPB, 2019 ABQB 511 333 11/18/2024 10:54:46 AM Table of Cas......