Lisa Rotar

The applicant mother was found in contempt for failing to comply with access and notification provisions of a prior order.

The respondent father sought costs for the contempt and subsequent penalty hearings.

The court found the mother's actions following the contempt finding constituted bad faith, specifically her allegations of sexual impropriety against the father, which were made despite being aware that child protection services had found the complaint unverified.

The court awarded the father costs on a full recovery basis, finding his behaviour reasonable and the mother's behaviour egregious and intended to inflict emotional harm and deceive the court.

The applicant mother was found in contempt for breaching an access order and failing to provide notice of a school change.

This endorsement addresses the penalty and compliance.

The court found the mother had not purged her contempt and was actively undermining the child's relationship with the father through various means, including influencing the child and involving an off-duty police officer friend to thwart access.

The court ordered reconciliation counseling, paid by the mother, and a modified access schedule with police enforcement to re-establish the father's relationship with the child.