Dr. Bassis

The applicant father brought a motion to change a 2012 parenting order, seeking "week-about" parenting time for his 9-year-old son.

The respondent mother opposed this, requesting supervised access and programs for the father.

The court considered the child's best interests under the Children's Law Reform Act, including the child's expressed wishes for more time with his father.

However, the court found the father's relationship with the child to be "excessive" and "self-centered" concluding that further increasing parenting time beyond the existing interim order would not be in the child's best interests.

The father's motion for increased parenting time was dismissed, and no costs were awarded.

The appellant appealed a Divisional Court decision that overturned a Social Benefits Tribunal ruling regarding her disability support claim.

The Divisional Court had characterized the Tribunal's failure to accept certain medical evidence as an error of law.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, finding that the Tribunal had properly considered and weighed all the evidence, including medical reports and the appellant's testimony, and that the Divisional Court had improperly interfered with the Tribunal's factual findings.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Social Benefits Tribunal denying her disability benefits under the Ontario Disability Support Program Act.

The Tribunal found her impairments were not sufficiently verified.

The Divisional Court held the Tribunal erred in law by applying an overly strict standard for verification and by failing to consider the cumulative effect of her physical and mental impairments.

The appeal was allowed, and the appellant was declared eligible for income support.