What court jurisdiction governs my access rights?
Video: What court jurisdiction governs my access rights?
By: Steven Benmor, B.Sc., LL.B., Family Lawyer
Jurisdiction: Ontario (Canada)
… I can’t speak for Quebec law, but to use Ontario as a barometer, Family Law with respect to custody rights and visitation rights or access rights, goes accordingly. It goes by the province or by the law of the location of where the child resides. So in your case, your daughter is governed by Quebec law. And in Ontario, for example, if you for example where to live in Oshawa and your daughter, just by way of exmaple, where to live in Barrie, you would actually have to go to the Barrie courthouse to seek any rights or remedies with respect to your daughter. And likewise because your daughter is in Quebec, you would actually have to go Quebec, or to the Quebec court in the city in … (click here for more)
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