Irene Hanna

The applicant mother brought a motion seeking custody/decision-making responsibility for the child, L.G., a parenting schedule, spousal support, and contributions to the child's s. 7 expenses.

The court granted the mother sole decision-making responsibility, with the child residing with the maternal grandmother and the father's parenting time at the child's discretion.

Spousal support was varied upwards to $674.00 per month on both compensatory and non-compensatory bases, and the father was ordered to pay past and ongoing s. 7 expenses.

The court found the father's conduct unreasonable, including bringing a cross-motion without leave, filing prolix and irrelevant material, and taking positions contrary to established authorities.

Consequently, the mother was awarded costs on a full recovery basis.

The applicant sought urgent relief regarding access to their fifteen-month-old child, Samuel, including unsupervised access and a modified 2-2-3 schedule.

The respondent opposed, arguing the matter was not urgent and brought a cross-motion for continued primary residence and the existing interim access schedule.

The court, applying the "urgency" test from the Chief Justice's Notice to the Profession during the COVID-19 pandemic, found the initial access issue urgent but the request for an equal time-sharing schedule was not.

The court expanded the applicant's interim unsupervised access schedule, emphasizing the child's best interests and the parents' prior co-parenting involvement, while noting the Children's Aid Society found no ongoing violence.

The applicant's request for a 2/2/5 schedule was adjourned for a more fulsome record.