Danica E. Maslov

The father brought a motion to change a 2014 final order to seek joint decision-making and equal parenting time for the parties' two children.

The mother opposed the motion, seeking to maintain her sole decision-making authority and the father's alternate weekend parenting time.

The court found that the mother had unjustifiably marginalized the father's role in the children's lives and failed to communicate important information regarding their health and education.

While the court declined to order joint decision-making due to the high level of conflict, it ordered that the mother retain sole decision-making subject to a robust duty to consult the father.

The court also granted the father's request for equal parenting time on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule, finding it in the children's best interests to maximize their time with him.

The applicant sought costs following a family law trial involving divorce, parenting, and child support.

The court found that the respondent acted in bad faith by prolonging the trial with unproven allegations of domestic violence, thereby disentitling herself to costs and exposing herself to paying a portion of the applicant's costs.

The respondent was ordered to pay $5,000 in costs to the applicant.

The applicant father and respondent mother separated after a highly conflictual relationship.

The mother made multiple allegations of domestic violence against the father, which the court found lacked credibility and corroborating evidence.

The court determined that the parents' mistrust and negative feelings were harming the children.

The court granted a divorce, awarded sole decision-making responsibility to the mother with a requirement to consult the father, and established a detailed parenting time schedule.

The father was ordered to pay child support and the parties were ordered to share section 7 expenses equally.