That's really odd. I can see if the father lived right there in the same general area, but Norway? He's still got to go 1/3 the around the world either way...

The judge also said there was a "questionable willingness" on the part of the father, who lives in Norway, to continue to visit his children if they moved to Bowen Island.

Yeah - that be wack. How does living in Kelowna vs. Bowen island any different if the father lives in Norway. Sure, there's an extra ferry trip - but, jeeze.

Hopefully this gets overruled and the mother's new beau has the salt to be a "dad" to the kids.

I was pretty much on board until I saw that the dad lives in freakin Norway. Bowen Island is a few hours away from Kelowna. He just can't fly that extra distance or what?

There's a tiny bit more to the story here. One boy has ADD, the dad already has an apartment in Kelowna, etc.

But it's a mediated settlemetn and basically this is his big fuckin' chance to interfere, so he does so, is my reading.

The BC Supreme Court decision is bowing to the wishes of an ex-husband by preventing a Kelowna woman from moving to a new community with her children.

Her children?

Guys, I know the father is an asshat. The question was whether the summary is biased.

Describing them as "her" children goads me: they are "his" children, too. Describing him as the ex-husband, but not her as an ex-wife. "Bowing to the wishes" seems perjorative to me; the judge should, I hope, have more behind his decision than that.