The parties separated after a high-conflict relationship.
Following separation, the children's relationship with the applicant father deteriorated until they refused to see him.
The father sought sole custody and reunification therapy, alleging the respondent mother intentionally alienated the children.
The mother sought sole custody and an order leaving access to the children's discretion.
The court dismissed both primary claims, finding no intentional alienation but concluding it was not in the children's best interests to abandon the relationship with their father.
The court ordered disengaged parallel parenting, maintained the children's primary residence with the mother, and implemented a step-up access schedule for the father along with mandatory parental counselling.
