This trial decision addresses parenting time, decision-making responsibility, and child support between common-law parents.
The court found the respondent engaged in coercive and controlling behavior by unilaterally withholding the child and making unsubstantiated Children's Aid Society (CAS) reports.
While declining to order equal shared parenting due to logistical distance, the court expanded the applicant's parenting time and granted him final decision-making authority for health and medical matters, with the respondent retaining decision-making for education.
The court also determined the applicant's income for child support, set post-application arrears, and ordered ongoing child support, declining to order retroactive support for a period where the respondent's unilateral actions pre-empted a shared parenting plan.
