A trial concerning custody and access arrangements for three young children following the separation of their parents.
The applicant mother sought sole custody with continuation of existing access arrangements and a restraining order.
The respondent father sought joint custody in the form of a parallel parenting order, or alternatively sole custody, with equal parenting time beginning in September 2015.
The court found that the mother was the primary caregiver and best suited to have sole custody.
The father's history of verbal and emotional abuse toward the mother, his inability to communicate effectively, his unrealistic parenting plan, and his pattern of undermining the mother's parenting decisions all weighed against granting him joint or equal custody.
The court granted sole custody to the mother, continued the existing access schedule, maintained the restraining order with modifications, and imposed restrictions on the father's ability to bring further motions without court approval.
