The appellant father appealed the dismissal of his motion for contempt against the respondent mother for alleged breaches of a final family law order, including terms requiring joint decision-making for the children's medical care.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no error of law, no material misapprehension of evidence, and no denial of procedural fairness by the motion judge.
The court emphasized that contempt is a remedy of last resort in family law and that the motion judge properly exercised his discretion in managing the hearing and dismissing the ill-conceived motion.
