The applicant mother sought sole decision-making responsibility and primary residency of the parties' 12-year-old child, with parenting time for the respondent father at her discretion.
The father did not attend the trial.
The court found that the father had a history of emotionally abusing the child, cancelling parenting time, and ultimately abandoning his relationship with her.
Applying the amended provisions of the Children's Law Reform Act, the court held that it was in the child's best interests for the mother to have sole decision-making responsibility and for the child to reside primarily with the mother and maternal grandparents.
Parenting time with the father was ordered to be at the mother's sole discretion, taking into account the child's views and preferences.
