We have decades of successful experience solving court disputes of thousands of different people.

One of our notable achievements is that, after a lengthy trial, we were able to obtain an order for our client of sole guardianship. 

This achievement is notable because it is rare for a Court in British Columbia (BC) to deny a biological parent the title of Guardianship. 

After the 2011 Family Law Act (FLA) came into force in BC, family law was changed in BC so the old terms and definitions of Custody and Access were replaced with Guardianship, Parenting Responsibilities and Parenting Time, and Contact Time.  In the past, it was common that the primary caregiver could obtain an order for sole custody and the other parent would have access. Now the FLA says both parents who lived with their child before the family separation are automatically Guardians, while those who did not live with their child before separation could apply to become a Guardian.

The title of Guardian is important because only guardians can have Parenting Responsibilities, which is the decision-making authority, and Parenting Time.  If you are not a Guardian then you can only have Contact Time and that time can be limited by the Guardian.

The FLA also modernized the law to reflect social changes where men, as well as women, could be recognized the primary caregiver and homemaker, without stigma eg the man had to be employed fulltime to support the family and not be the homemaker, 

And of course, the FLA gives equal rights to same-sex marriages, and of course, everyone has the same opportunity to parent the child, subject always to the "best interests" of the child.

The difficulty in obtaining an order for sole Guardianship arises because any concern about the ability of a parent, or other risk to the best interests of the child, can be addressed with specific orders eg reducing parenting responsibilities and parenting time eg one of the parents has the final decision making authority or parenting time is supervised, etc. 

Thus by crafting the parenting authority to meet the unique circumstances at the time, the Court can allow a less-than-ideal parent to retain, or be granted, the title of Guardian and the connection to the child. It is the "best interests" of the child, not the feelings of either parent,  that always have priority and child psychologists say that a child benefits from having both parents involved in its upbringing.

Consequently, case law confirms that circumstances are rare when the Court concludes that the best interests of the child require a biological parent be denied the title of Guardianship.

It is important to note that orders are made based on the evidence provided to prove the circumstances at the time.  If circumstances change "significantly" then the orders can change.