P. Dehm

The applicant mother and respondent father brought urgent cross-motions regarding parenting arrangements for their four-year-old daughter.

The child had resided primarily with the mother since separation.

The father unilaterally removed the child from school, prompting the mother to seek an emergency order.

The court found that the father's actions and history of family violence raised serious concerns about his judgment.

The court maintained the status quo, granting the mother interim sole decision-making authority and primary residence, while awarding the father unsupervised parenting time on alternate weekends and mid-week overnights.

The court also strongly condemned the practice of parents video-recording access exchanges.

The applicant father brought a motion to change a previous order regarding the residency schedule of the parties' child.

The father raised concerns about the mother's living conditions, including bedbugs, garbage, an impending eviction, and the mother's work schedule requiring various caregivers.

The court found it was in the best interests of the child to spend more time at the father's stable residence and ordered that the child reside primarily with the father, with the mother having alternate weekend and mid-week access.