The applicant mother sought an order requiring the respondent father to pay his proportionate share of child care expenses for services provided by the maternal grandmother.
The father opposed paying for care provided by a family member and sought increased access.
The court applied the principles from McLaughlin, finding that because the grandmother had foregone employment to care for the children and her dominant activity during the mother's working hours was child care, she was entitled to remuneration.
The father was ordered to pay his proportionate share of the grandmother's discounted weekly rate.
The father's request for increased access was dismissed as a recent order already provided alternate weekend overnight access.
