The parties separated after a high-conflict breakdown of their marriage and could not agree on decision-making responsibility or a parenting time schedule for their two young children.
The applicant father sought joint decision-making and equal parenting time structured around his firefighter shift schedule.
The respondent mother sought sole decision-making and a continuation of the interim parenting schedule, which included daycare.
The court awarded sole decision-making responsibility to the mother, finding the parties could not communicate effectively enough for joint decision-making, but required her to consult the father on major decisions.
The court also ordered a parenting schedule similar to the interim order, providing the father with significant but not equal parenting time, finding that the consistency of the schedule and daycare was in the children's best interests.
