Natasha D. Pappin

The mother brought a motion seeking a finding of contempt and a $5,000 fine against the father, a six-week summer access period, sharing of travel costs as Section 7 expenses, and punitive costs.

The court dismissed the contempt and perjury claims, finding no breach of the prior order.

The court maintained the previously ordered four-week summer access schedule and ordered each party to bear their own transportation costs for the child's travel between Ontario and Nova Scotia.

The parties were ordered on consent to exchange their Office of the Children's Lawyer intake forms.

The respondent brought a motion to change seeking to adjust his child support and life insurance obligations, and to impute income to the applicant.

The applicant, who receives income replacement benefits from Veteran's Affairs Canada, opposed the motion and sought increased support and section 7 expenses.

The court terminated child support for the older child who had graduated, adjusted support for the younger child, and declined to impute income to the applicant, finding she was not deliberately under-employed.

The court also reduced the respondent's life insurance obligation and resolved various disputed post-secondary education expenses.

The applicant father sought joint custody and increasing parenting time of his son, while the respondent mother sought sole custody and limited, supervised access.

The mother had tightly controlled the father's access since birth, requiring it to be supervised at a centre despite no safety concerns.

The court found the mother's gatekeeping behaviour detrimental to the father-son relationship.

The court ordered joint custody, with primary residence to the mother, and a schedule of increasing unsupervised parenting time for the father, including overnights.

The father was also ordered to pay child support based on an imputed income of $40,000.

The parties brought cross-motions regarding interim child support and a restraining order.

The applicant sought to impute income to the respondent based on his previous earnings in Alberta, while the respondent sought interim child support for the child residing with him.

The court declined to impute income, using the respondent's current Ontario income, and ordered the applicant to pay interim Guideline child support.

The court dismissed the applicant's request for a restraining order, finding insufficient evidence of abuse and noting that a recently agreed-upon parallel parenting order provided a clear framework for communication and contact.