Riddhi Agarwal

This was a trial concerning parenting and child support arrangements for two children.

The father sought primary residence and sole decision-making, while the mother sought the same.

The court found a power imbalance in the relationship favoring the father and noted the mother's consistent role as primary caregiver and her proactive efforts in securing supports for the children, particularly for the son's hearing disability.

The court criticized the father's unilateral actions, including relocating the children without consent, severing the mother's contact, and neglecting health issues.

The court ordered the children's primary residence to be with the mother, granted her sole decision-making authority with a duty to consult, and established a detailed parenting time schedule for the father.

The father was ordered to pay child support based on his imputed income, and extraordinary expenses were to be shared proportionately.

This is a costs endorsement following a trial of motions to change a final custody and child support order.

The applicant mother sought costs of $25,917.65 after obtaining sole custody of the three-year-old child and modified parenting arrangements for the respondent father.

The respondent father sought costs of $1,455.16 for an adjournment motion.

The court found the mother was the more successful party and entitled to costs, but reduced the award to account for her unreasonable conduct in denying parenting time without court intervention and serving an offer to settle only one day before trial.

The court awarded costs of $13,805 payable over four years at $290 per month, and dismissed the father's costs claims.

This was a motion to change custody and access orders brought by both parents.

The original order from July 2018 provided for joint custody of a young child, with the mother as primary caregiver and the father having limited parenting time.

The father sought increased overnight and holiday parenting time.

The mother sought sole custody and supervised access, citing concerns about the father's conduct.

The court found material changes in circumstances, including deteriorating parental communication, police and Children's Aid involvement, the father's reckless driving with the child while his licence was suspended, and an assault charge arising from a violent incident at a church.

The court changed the order to grant sole custody to the mother and ordered graduated supervised parenting time for the father, with specific conditions addressing safety concerns.

This was a motion to change custody and access orders brought by both parents.

The original order from July 2018 provided for joint custody of a young child, with the mother as primary caregiver and the father having limited parenting time.

The father sought increased overnight and holiday parenting time.

The mother sought sole custody and supervised access, citing concerns about the father's conduct.

The court found material changes in circumstances, including deteriorating parental communication, police and Children's Aid involvement, the father's reckless driving with the child while his licence was suspended, and an assault charge arising from a violent incident at a church.

The court changed the order to grant sole custody to the mother and ordered graduated supervised parenting time for the father, with specific conditions addressing safety concerns.