Elinor Shinehoft

The Applicant sought final sole custody, no access for the Respondent, and permission to relocate with the children to Australia.

The Respondent sought therapeutic supervised access and temporary spousal support.

The court granted the Applicant final sole custody and permission to relocate, dismissing the Respondent's motion for therapeutic supervised access, citing the Respondent's past criminal conduct against the children and paternal grandmother.

The court found it was in the children's best interests to deny access and permit relocation.

The Respondent was granted temporary spousal support in a reduced lump sum, with the court departing from Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) calculations due to the unique circumstances and the Respondent's conduct.

The defendant pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm.

The Crown sought a fifteen-month jail sentence, while the defence sought an intermittent sentence of ninety days plus probation.

The court imposed an eleven-month jail sentence with a two-year driving prohibition.

The sentencing considered the serious injuries to the victim, including permanent disability and chronic pain, balanced against the defendant's own significant injuries from the collision, his guilty plea, community service, and remorse.

The court rejected the defence position that the defendant's medical condition warranted an intermittent sentence, finding that while medical factors could place the defendant lower in the sentencing range, they did not justify a fundamentally different outcome.