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The court ordered shared parenting and imputed income to the intentionally unemployed mother.
This decision resolves parenting, decision-making, and child support issues for the parties’ 14-year-old daughter, C.M., following a lengthy family law proceeding.
The court orders a week-about shared parenting arrangement, joint decision-making with tie-breaker authority in specific domains, and imputes income to the applicant for child support purposes.
The judgment provides a detailed analysis of the best interests of the child, the legislative framework under the Divorce Act, and the application of the Federal Child Support Guidelines.
The court granted the mother sole custody of the estranged older child and declined to order reunification counselling.
The parties, Frederick Kaszap (applicant) and Amber Volk (respondent), were involved in a high-conflict parenting dispute concerning their two children, M. (12) and C. (8).
The applicant sought reunification counselling for M., who refused contact with him, and opposed the respondent's request for sole custody of both children.
The respondent opposed reunification counselling for M. and sought sole custody, citing ongoing conflict.
The court granted the respondent sole custody of M., declining to order reunification counselling due to M.'s distress and the lack of a detailed therapeutic proposal.
For C., the court maintained joint custody but granted the respondent sole decision-making authority regarding the frequency of C.'s counselling due to the applicant's uncooperative behaviour.
A neutral third-party mental health professional was ordered to regularly assess M.'s views on contact and counselling.
