Disputes between separated parents over whether or not to send
their children back to school in person as the COVID-19 pandemic
persists have been at the centre of two recent cases at the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice, with the judges reaching opposite
conclusions.
In the first case, decided Aug. 24, Justice Susanne Boucher was
asked to decide the issue in respect of two children, one in Grade
1 and the other in Grade 3. The mother wanted the children to
continue online learning, while the father wanted the children to
attend in person. The mother grounded her position in the fact that
one of the children has asthma and her belief the child would,
consequently, be at "greater risk" if he attended school
in person.
