The parties separated and engaged in a high-conflict dispute over the custody and support of their three-year-old child.
The father sought joint custody, while the mother sought sole custody based on the father's controlling behaviour and their inability to communicate.
The court awarded joint custody, noting that the parties had successfully implemented an equal shared parenting schedule and that communication had improved.
To address potential deadlocks, the court granted the mother final decision-making authority over health issues and the father final decision-making authority over education, subject to a duty to consult.
The court also imputed an annual income of $80,000 to the father, finding he had deliberately under-declared his income, and ordered retroactive child support based on the varying parenting schedules since separation.
