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Mother granted sole decision-making and primary residence; father granted parenting time and ordered to pay support.
The parties sought determination of decision-making responsibility, primary residence, and child support for their young child.
The child had been primarily residing with the respondent father and paternal grandmother since the parties separated.
The court found that the applicant mother had historically been the primary caregiver and that the respondent's plan relied heavily on the paternal grandmother and posed a risk of relocation for his medical residency.
The court granted the applicant sole decision-making responsibility and primary residence effective the next school year, with significant parenting time for the respondent.
The applicant was ordered to pay retroactive child support, which would be set off against the respondent's ongoing child support obligations.
The successful respondent on a support motion was awarded reasonable costs of $1,947.28, enforceable through the Family Responsibility Office.
This is a costs endorsement following a successful motion for child and spousal support.
The respondent party sought costs of $1,947.28.
The applicant party failed to respond to the costs submissions and was found to have been slow in providing materials during the original motion, adding to the process's time and cost.
The court found the respondent party was successful and entitled to costs, but the applicant party's conduct, while wrong and slow, did not warrant substantial indemnity costs.
The requested costs were deemed reasonable.
The court ordered the applicant party to pay costs of $1,947.28, enforceable through the Family Responsibility Office as they were incurred for child support.
