The applicant father brought a motion to expand his parenting time with his three children from supervised access to unsupervised and overnight parenting time. The respondent mother opposed, citing historical allegations of family violence and the father's criminal charges, which were resolved by a peace bond. The court found that supervised access had been inappropriately used as a long-term remedy and that the mother's refusal to consent to a reasonable schedule was not protective gatekeeping but rather an inappropriate delay of normalized parenting time. The court ordered a step-up parenting plan transitioning to unsupervised overnight parenting time and awarded costs to the father.
NEWMARKET COURT FILE NO.: FC-20-1291-00
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
BETWEEN:
P.P.
Applicant
– AND –
A.V.
Respondent
M. Bruno, for the Applicant
S. Lein, for the Respondent
HEARD: October 27, 2021
Amended ruling on motion
1The Applicant (the “Father”) seeks a parenting time order in respect of the three children of the marriage, daughters (“IP”) age 6 and (“BP”) age 4, and a son (“AP”), age 17 months.
2On October 26, 2021