LEGGETT & CLELAND

The parties, Leggett and Cleland, were involved in a dispute concerning parenting arrangements for their child, who was nearly nine years old. The matter came before L. Turner J. The core of the dispute involved competing applications for the child to live with either parent, with the mother having been the primary carer.

The court was required to determine what parenting arrangements would be in the child's best interests. Specifically, the court had to decide whether the child should continue to live with the mother or reside with the father, and what time, if any, the child should spend with the non-resident parent.

L. Turner J found that it was in the child's best interests to remain living with the mother. The court ordered that the child live with the mother and spend time with the father on weekends during school terms.