In a custody and child support dispute, the applicant mother sought sole custody and restrictions on the respondent father's access.
The respondent father sought shared custody with the child spending extended periods with each parent, including schooling in another country.
The court found that both parents had shortcomings, including the father's failure to cooperate with investigations and the mother's rigidity and use of police intervention in parenting disputes.
The court concluded that the child's best interests required meaningful involvement with both parents but that the parties' poor communication made joint custody impractical.
Sole custody was granted to the mother, the restraining order was terminated, structured access for the father was established with potential expansion upon satisfactory child protection assessments, and child support was increased based on imputed income.
