The applicant father sought primary care and sole decision-making responsibility for his two children, who had not seen him in over a year due to the respondent mother's interference.
The mother alleged the children were profoundly disabled and terrified of the father due to past family violence.
The court found that the mother was consciously or unconsciously alienating the children from the father, causing their mental health to deteriorate and creating a resist-refuse dynamic.
The court ordered a custody reversal, transferring primary residence and sole decision-making to the father, with a 30-day period of no contact with the mother to allow for intensive reunification therapy.
The court also ordered the daughter's surname to be hyphenated to include the father's surname.
