This was a motion to change a custody and access order following a material change in circumstances.
The mother sought a parallel parenting arrangement with final decision-making authority over medical and religious matters, while the father sought sole custody with supervised access for the mother.
The child, who has autism, had been transferred to the father's care in January 2016 after the mother engaged in a pattern of unfounded allegations against the father and breached court orders.
The court found that the mother had made significant gains in insight and conduct since the custody transfer, but that a joint or parallel parenting arrangement remained unworkable due to poor communication, lack of trust, and the mother's ongoing credibility issues.
The court granted sole custody to the father with gradually increasing unsupervised access to the mother, subject to specific conditions designed to protect the child from exposure to parental conflict and false allegations.
