The applicant mother sought a temporary order to relocate with the parties' three children to Alberta or, alternatively, outside the Greater Toronto Area, citing rising living costs and alleged harassment by the father.
The respondent father opposed the motion, raising concerns about the relocation plan's specifics and the mother's non-compliance with the existing parenting order.
The court dismissed the mother's motion, finding she failed to demonstrate a material change in circumstances affecting the children's best interests or compelling reasons for temporary relocation.
The court emphasized the mother's non-compliance with the current parenting order, the vagueness of her relocation plan, the lack of the children's views (especially the eldest child's school choice), and the potential negative impact on the father's parenting time.
