The applicant father and respondent mother engaged in a high-conflict custody and access dispute over their five-year-old child.
The mother sought sole custody and decision-making, while the father sought expanded access and parallel parenting.
Following a 44-day trial and a section 30 assessment, the court granted the mother sole custody and primary residence, but significantly expanded the father's parenting time to include phased-in overnight visits.
The court ordered a divided parallel parenting regime for decision-making, granting the mother authority over education and routine medical care, and the father authority over routine dental care and final decision-making for major medical and dental issues.
