Nova Scotia justice rebukes police involvement in custody battle
Monday, September 18, 2017 @ 9:43 AM | By Donalee Moulton
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division, was recently asked to rule on the custody of a young child. In the process of rendering that decision, Associate Chief Justice Lawrence O’Neil publicly reprimanded three police forces that played a role in keeping the whereabouts of the mother and the child a secret.
“No satisfactory legal authority or explanation to support the decision making of these police forces or their continuing role in preventing [the applicant] from knowing where his son is located has been offered...
“No satisfactory legal authority or explanation to support the decision making of these police forces or their continuing role in preventing [the applicant] from knowing where his son is located has been offered...
