The best interests of the children are of utmost importance when deciding on a custody or access arrangement. That a child should have a relationship with both parents is typically in a child's best interests, except perhaps when one of the parents has a history of abusing the child. Reasonable access should be given by the custodial parent to the non-custodial parent except when there is a legitimate concern about abuse or neglect. Such access should typically be unsupervised so that the non-custodial parent can interact with the child without interference, but some supervision arrangement may be necessary when there are concerns about abuse, neglect, or the possible abduction of the child.
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