The applicant father brought a motion to temporarily vary a final parenting order, seeking immediate residential time with his 12-year-old daughter who had refused contact with him for eight months and was suffering from severe OCD.
He also sought to restrict the respondent mother's new partner from attending his parenting time and the children's appointments.
The court declined to force a change in the parenting schedule pending the completion of agreed-upon family reconciliation therapy, finding insufficient evidence to justify a sudden change.
However, the court ordered that the mother's partner not attend events where the father is present to reduce the children's exposure to loyalty conflicts and anxiety.
