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The court granted the mother sole decision-making and restricted the father to supervised parenting time.
This motion concerned parenting time and decision-making authority for two children.
The applicant mother sought an interim order for sole decision-making and supervised parenting time for the respondent father, citing his substance abuse.
The respondent father denied the allegations and sought a return to previous unsupervised arrangements, later proposing a transitional supervised schedule.
The court, relying on independent evidence from the Voice of the Child Report and Children's Aid Society, found the father's alcohol use to be a significant concern impacting his parenting ability.
The court granted the mother sole decision-making authority and ordered supervised daytime parenting time for the father, along with alcohol prohibition and drug/alcohol screening.
The parties were encouraged to cooperatively expand parenting time as the father demonstrates abstinence, with a right for the father to seek court review after four months if no agreement is reached.
Interim parenting schedule ordered; mother required to pay $5,000 advance on support pending motions.
The applicant father and respondent mother brought urgent motions regarding parenting time, school enrollment, and interim support following their separation.
The court ordered an interim interim parenting schedule of four days with the father and three days with the mother during the school year, and week-about during the summer.
The child was ordered to attend public school in the father's catchment area for the remainder of the school year.
As a condition of adjourning the motions, the mother was ordered to pay $5,000 in four installments, to be credited towards any future support orders.
