Israel Apter

The respondent brought a motion seeking immediate resumption of parenting time and make-up time, which had been suspended due to the applicant's concerns about potential COVID-19 exposure from the respondent's workplace and the presence of international students in his home.

The applicant sought to delay the resumption of parenting time until April 6, 2020, following a 14-day self-isolation period for the respondent and the students.

The court, emphasizing the best interests of the child and adopting principles from Ribeiro v. Wright, ordered the parenting schedule to resume on April 6, 2020, conditional on the respondent and the students continuing self-isolation, practicing social distancing, and displaying no COVID-19 symptoms.

The issue of make-up parenting time was deferred to costs submissions if the parties could not resolve it.

The parties brought cross-motions regarding child support, access, and the sale of jointly owned properties.

The respondent father sought to reduce his child support obligations and obtain unsupervised access, while the applicant mother sought to strike his pleadings for non-compliance with prior orders and obtain carriage of the sale of their properties.

The court dismissed the father's motion to vary support, finding he failed to prove a material change in income, and ordered that his access remain supervised due to anger management issues and the children's special needs.

The court ordered the father to pay arrears from his share of the property sale proceeds and adjourned the mother's motion to strike his pleadings to allow him a final opportunity to provide outstanding disclosure.