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The court granted the father incremental increases in interim parenting time including overnights.
The applicant father brought a motion seeking interim parenting orders, and the respondent mother filed a cross-motion for interim relief.
The parties reached partial agreement, narrowing the issues to the expansion of the father's parenting time, including wrap-around weekends and mid-week overnights, and holiday schedules.
The court, applying the best interests of the child principle under the Children’s Law Reform Act, ordered an incremental increase in the father's parenting time, including an additional weekend overnight commencing in September and an every-other-week Wednesday overnight commencing in January 2024.
The court also made an interim order for Easter holiday parenting time and deferred decisions on other long weekends and summer holidays.
Paternal grandmother granted alternate weekend access to granddaughter over maternal grandmother's objections.
The paternal grandmother brought a motion for a temporary order for alternate weekend access and specified holiday time with her four-year-old granddaughter, who was placed in the custody of the maternal grandmother.
The maternal grandmother opposed a formal order, preferring to manage access at her discretion due to concerns about the paternal grandmother's son and grandson.
The court determined that section 104 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act governed the motion and found that a formal access order was in the child's best interests to manage the tension between the grandmothers.
The court granted alternate weekend access with conditions prohibiting the biological father's presence during visits.
