DATE: 20040910

DOCKET: C41322

COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

RE:

A. E. M. (Respondent) – and – J. E. M. (Appellant)

BEFORE:

MACPHERSON, CRONK JJ.A. and LANE J. (ad hoc)

COUNSEL:

J. E. M. in person

for the appellant

John M. Johnston

for the respondent

HEARD & ENDORSED:

September 3, 2004

On appeal from the order of Justice Robert Maranger of the Superior Court of Justice, dated April 5, 2002.

A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T

[1] The appellant appeals the judgment of Maranger J. dated April 5, 2002 dealing with a wide range of family law matters, including divorce, custody and access of the children, spousal and child support, and the division of net family property.

[2] The appellant’s principal ground of appeal is that the trial judge erred by not ordering joint custody of the two children of the marriage. We disagree. The order granting sole custody to the respondent was amply supported by the record before the trial judge.

[3] On the other issues, the trial judge wrote comprehensive reasons and reached conclusions with which we see no basis for interfering.

[4] The appeal is dismissed with costs fixed at $6,000, inclusive of disbursements and GST.