A Canadian judge has temporarily suspended an unvaccinated father’s custody of his three children, ruling that he poses a health threat to his immunocompromised daughter.
Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Nathalie Godbout’s decision was issued Monday, in which she stated it was “with a heavy heart” she prohibited the father’s in-person access to his children but noted she allowed him “generous” time to parent his children via phone or video, the Canadian Press reported. Godbout stated the man’s vaccination status bears consequences for him and his family, adding that the children “must be given their best possible chance at evading infection from COVID-19.”
The judge further ruled the children’s mother could vaccinate them without the father’s consent.
According to the mother’s attorney, Fredericton Lawyer Grant Ogilvie, the children have already received a dose of a vaccine, the CBC reported.
The parents, who are not identified in Godbout’s decision, separated in 2019 after being together for ten years. Over the past three years, they have alternated custody on a weekly basis, according to the Canadian Press. The father has since entered a new relationship with a partner who is not vaccinated, and Godbout stated that the mother learned of their vaccination status last July. Their immunocompromised middle-child suffers from non-cancerous tumors in her blood vessels, according to CBC. Once the children were eligible to be vaccinated, the father refused to sign consent forms.
Late last year, the mother filed a motion with the court, according to the Canadian Press:
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