The applicant mother and respondent father engaged in a highly conflictual 27-day trial regarding custody, access, child support, and the mother's request to relocate their four children to England to live with her new husband.
The court found the father to be abusive, emotionally unstable, and unable to shield the children from his hostility towards the mother and her new husband.
The mother was awarded sole custody and permitted to move the children to England, subject to conditions including immigration approval and child protection clearance.
The father's access was ordered to be supervised initially, with a pathway to unsupervised access and extended holiday visits if the move occurs.
The father was ordered to pay child support, with a reduction upon relocation due to the undue hardship of international access costs.
