This appeal concerned parental responsibility and decision-making for twin children, where one child was alienated from the mother and the other from the father.
The appellant mother sought to overturn a lower court order that maintained the de facto living arrangements (daughter with mother, son with father) and to reinstate previous shared parenting orders or gain sole parental responsibility for the son.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, affirming the motion judge's decision that the existing arrangements were in the children's best interests, given the history of failed therapeutic interventions and the lack of a concrete plan for reunification therapy.
The court also confirmed that a material change in circumstances was not required for the motion judge's order, as per a prior consent order.