Jose Rodriguez

The appellant, Troy Crowder, appealed his conviction and sentence for acting upon a forged document, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel and error in the restitution order.

The court found that the plea was voluntary and informed, and that Crowder received effective representation.

The appeal against conviction was dismissed, but the appeal against sentence was allowed in part: the probation condition requiring restitution to Crowder’s former spouse was vacated, while the restitution order to Aviva Insurance remained.

The mother and father both brought motions regarding interim parenting time for their 9-year-old child.

The father was facing criminal charges for sexual offences against two female children, including the child's stepsister, and was subject to bail conditions prohibiting contact with children.

The mother sought to deny the father parenting time, while the father sought supervised and virtual parenting time.

The court found that the father had not disentitled himself to parenting time as he had not been convicted and retained the presumption of innocence.

The court ordered interim supervised parenting time for the father at the Sudbury Supervised Access Centre once a week for up to two hours, and permitted the child to initiate virtual contact twice a week.