The applicant mother brought a motion to change seeking to terminate the respondent father's access to their child and for child support, including imputing income to the father.
The father had a history of drug abuse, criminal charges, and inconsistent access, but had recently stabilized his life, obtained full-time employment, and started a new family.
The court found a material change in circumstances but declined to terminate access, emphasizing the child's right to a relationship with her father.
The court ordered reconciliation counselling followed by supervised access.
On child support, the court declined to impute income, finding the father was not intentionally underemployed, and ordered ongoing and retroactive child support based on his actual income back to January 1, 2014.
