This family law trial concerned a motion to change a prior custody order, with both parents seeking sole decision-making authority and primary residence of their two children.
The court found the respondent father incapable of meeting the children's educational, medical, and psychological needs, supporting their relationship with the mother, or communicating and cooperating on matters affecting them.
The father was found to have fostered a strong, unsubstantiated fear of the mother in the children.
In contrast, the applicant mother demonstrated a commitment to addressing her own mental health and tirelessly advocating for the children's well-being and access to services.
The court granted the mother sole decision-making authority and primary residence, with the father's parenting time suspended and to continue as supervised, pending a further hearing to determine final parenting time.
