The parties, engaged in high-conflict family litigation, brought multiple motions regarding the parenting schedule, school choice, and a request for a second section 30 assessment.
The mother sought to reduce the father's 14-day consecutive summer vacation and requested a new assessment, citing the child's emotional distress and the father's alleged interference with communications.
The father sought to de-register the child from a Hebrew school, claiming newly discovered Mi'Kmaq heritage, and requested decision-making authority over education.
The court found that the birth of the child's half-sibling constituted a material change in circumstances, justifying an interim variation to provide the mother with alternating weekends and summer vacation time to foster sibling bonding.
However, the court upheld the father's 14-day vacation, dismissed his motion regarding school choice as the mother had sole decision-making authority, and declined to order a costly second section 30 assessment.