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Court of Appeal overturns Justice Lawrence O’Neil’s ruling giving custody of a child to man with a history of domestic abuse

Lawrence O'Neil, the Associate Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Family Court, awarded custody of a small child to a father with a history of domestic assault, downplayed another allegation of domestic assault against the father, implied that the mother was lying, and accused the police of misleading the court. O'Neil also ordered the arrest of the mother. Today, the Court of Appeal overturns the custody ruling and quashes the arrest warrant.

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In November 2017, the Halifax Examiner reported that: In August [2017], Lawrence O’Neil, the Associate Chief Justice of the Family Court, awarded custody of a five-year-old boy to the child’s father, who has a history of domestic violence, even though the father had previously signed away his right to custody. After the Examiner wrote about […]

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