The applicant father and respondent mother both sought sole custody of their five-year-old child.
The father had taken the child from the mother's care following a period where the mother struggled with substance abuse.
The Office of the Children's Lawyer recommended sole custody to the mother, noting her successful rehabilitation, stable housing, and the father's failure to facilitate access.
The court agreed, awarding sole custody to the mother and granting the father specified access.
The court also imputed minimum wage income to the intentionally unemployed father and ordered him to pay child support.
