In a high-conflict parenting trial, the court found a prolonged and severe pattern of coercive and controlling family violence by the applicant father against the respondent mother, with ongoing harmful impact on the child.
Applying the best-interests analysis under the Children’s Law Reform Act, the court held that the father’s conduct, including interference with parenting time, inappropriate communications, and pressure placed on the child, rendered him incapable of supporting the child’s relationship with the mother or making decisions in the child’s best interests.
The court ordered that the child reside primarily with the mother, granted the mother sole decision-making authority, imposed a staged and conditional parenting regime for the father, dismissed the father’s relocation request, and continued a restraining order.
The court also imputed the father’s income at $50,000 for child support purposes and directed ongoing support.
