A family law trial concerning parenting arrangements for Lincoln, a child born to the applicant and respondent in December 2019.
The applicant sought sole decision-making and primary residence, while the respondent sought joint decision-making and increased parenting time.
The court found that the respondent had been the primary caregiver for the first 3.5 years of Lincoln's life and that the applicant had engaged in a course of conduct not in the child's best interests following the respondent's incarceration, including limiting contact with the respondent's family, relocating further away, and enrolling the child in a distant school.
The court ordered joint decision-making, primary residence with the respondent, and a parenting schedule providing the applicant with three out of five weekends plus holiday access.
Child support was ordered based on the applicant's income with imputed income for the respondent.
