The applicant mother brought a motion to find the respondent father in contempt of a final parenting time order after the children did not attend scheduled parenting time, including over the Christmas holidays.
The father argued that the children, aged 16 and 13, refused to attend and that he supported their decision.
The court reviewed the law on civil contempt and a parent's positive obligation to facilitate parenting time.
The motion was dismissed, as a letter from the children's reunification therapist raised a reasonable doubt as to whether the father had intentionally breached the order.
