The Applicant mother brought an urgent motion regarding timesharing for the parties' four children after the Respondent father refused to return them following March break, citing COVID-19 concerns, and then unexpectedly moved back to the Ottawa area, seeking to revert to an old timesharing schedule.
The court found the father in default of the mother's prior motion to change the final order and rejected his interpretation of the existing order regarding homeschooling during school closures.
The court granted temporary orders for the children to primarily reside with the mother during the regular school year, with the father having alternate weekend access, reflecting the status quo since September 2019.
The father was allowed time to file a response to the mother's motion to change.
