The applicant mother brought a motion to vary an interim custody and access order concerning the parties’ young child, arguing that a recent parenting assessment constituted a material change in circumstances.
The expert report raised concerns that the father’s conduct toward the child, including involving the child in parental conflict and making alarming statements, risked emotional harm and suggested emerging parental alienation.
The father challenged the report and obtained a separate psychosocial evaluation based primarily on his own account.
The court accepted the parenting assessment as the only objective expert evidence and found a material change in circumstances.
Custody was granted to the mother with the father’s access supervised pending further proceedings.
