Dr. Imraan Jeeva

In this high-conflict family law trial, the court determined custody and access arrangements for three children following the separation of unmarried parents.

The mother sought sole custody with the children residing in Scarborough; the father sought sole custody with the children residing in Oakville.

The court found both parents had significant parenting deficits and were engaged in a toxic relationship.

The mother was actively undermining the children's relationship with their father through alienating conduct, including telling the oldest child the father was not her biological father and changing the middle child's name.

The father had chronic housing and employment instability, having been evicted multiple times.

The court ordered joint custody with a shared residential schedule, with the children residing primarily with the mother during school weeks in Scarborough to ensure housing stability, while maintaining regular contact with the father.

The court emphasized that the mother's alienating conduct must cease or she risked losing custody.

A motion for summary judgment brought by the Catholic Children's Aid Society seeking to make two children crown wards with access at the society's discretion.

The respondent mother opposed the motion and sought an expedited trial, arguing she had made sufficient changes to warrant the children's return to her care subject to a supervision order.

The court found that the society had met its onus of demonstrating no genuine issue requiring trial.

Despite the mother's engagement in some services and completion of an anger management program, her recent conduct demonstrated a persistent inability to control her impulses, manage her relationships with abusive partners, and prioritize the children's emotional needs.

The court granted the motion and made the children crown wards with access at the society's discretion.