B. Macdonald

The applicant father brought a motion for an interim order to share parenting time on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule, or alternatively to expand his existing parenting time.

The parties had been separated for two years with the child residing primarily with the respondent mother.

The court declined to order a 2-2-3 schedule, finding it would be a significant and destabilizing change to the status quo shortly before trial.

However, applying the maximum contact principle, the court granted the alternative request to modestly expand the applicant's existing parenting time to include additional overnights, finding it was in the child's best interests.

Following the breakdown of a long-term marriage, the court determined issues of custody, child support, equalization of net family property, and a claim for spousal support.

The applicant sought custody, child support, and equalization, while the respondent sought spousal support and contested access arrangements.

The court accepted the applicant’s uncontested evidence on net family property and ordered the respondent to transfer funds from his pension to equalize property.

Child support and extraordinary expenses were ordered based on the respondent’s disability income, and custody of the minor child was granted to the applicant with access left to the applicant’s discretion.

The respondent’s claim for spousal support was dismissed as he was not disadvantaged by the marriage or its breakdown.