The applicant father brought an urgent pre-case conference motion seeking reinstatement of an alleged parenting-time status quo and relief concerning the Christmas school break.
The court held that Rule 14 permits such motions only in situations of urgency, hardship, or where the interests of justice otherwise require, and found the evidentiary record insufficient to resolve the parties' sharply conflicting accounts of the prior parenting arrangement.
The court found the mediation report, child support history, and text messages more consistent with the respondent mother's position, and concluded there was no hardship warranting urgent intervention before case management.
Holiday parenting time was resolved on consent, the balance of the motion was dismissed, and costs were awarded against the applicant.
