The mother brought a motion to change a final order to permit her to relocate the parties' child from Ottawa to the Greater Toronto Area, where she resides with her new husband and their children.
The father opposed the relocation and sought to maintain the existing shared parenting arrangement.
The court found that a material change in circumstances had occurred and that the relocation was in the child's best interests, noting the child's strong preference and the father's limited time spent with the child during his parenting time.
The court granted the relocation, ordered a new parenting schedule, and ordered the father to pay ongoing child support based on the table amount, while imputing an income of $40,000 to the mother for the period of shared parenting.
