On competing interim motions in a parenting dispute involving an 11-month-old child, the court applied the best interests of the child as the governing consideration.
The father sought joint custody, a defined access schedule, child support terms, and financial disclosure; the mother sought dismissal of that motion, interim custody, and restrictions on access being exercised in Ottawa.
The court granted the mother interim custody and principal residence, ordered a staged access regime for the father that balanced breastfeeding and the need to foster a meaningful father-child relationship, fixed interim child support at $181 per month retroactive to September 1, 2014, and compelled disclosure from the mother.
Success was divided and no costs were awarded.
