Creating a Plan 

Arrangements for children often evolve over time. A plan for children that worked well six months after your separation may need to be updated, or changed entirely, months or years later. Parents may want to move to another town or even another country, requiring entirely new plans to ensure that children have the maximum possible contact with both parents. It is common that creating and altering parenting plans is an ongoing effort that extends until children are adults.

Sometimes, parents do not act in the best interests of their children. There are cases where one parent alienates their child from the other parent. On occasion, one parent may simply, for various reasons, be unfit to look after their child without supervision or assistance. Issues of abuse, violence, mental health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, and other factors may further complicate the question of what is best for a child, and how to best achieve this result.

Now more than ever, families are more complicated than a “two parents and their children” model. The increasing prevalence of blended families may mean that there are three, or more, people who meet the definition of a “parent” for purposes of custody and access, and even support. Recent legislative amendments in Ontario have highlighted the important role of grandparents in the lives of children, and have reinforced the ability of such extended family members to seek orders and agreements for access to children.

Our firm has a long track record of dealing with the most sensitive and complicated of custody and access issues, including cases of parental alienation, grandparent access rights, shared parenting, and supervised access. Whatever your situation, the professionals at Woolcott Krashinksy LLP will help you make the best arrangements for children. We seek to ensure that the best interests of your child are always kept paramount. Let us help you decide on the custody and access arrangements that will work best for your family.