S. DeGroot

The parties brought cross-motions for temporary orders regarding parenting time, decision-making responsibility, and daycare for their three-year-old child.

The court granted the applicant sole decision-making responsibility due to the respondent's poor communication and controlling behaviour.

The court maintained the status quo for parenting time, finding no compelling reason to change it on a temporary basis, but ordered the respondent not to consume alcohol or drugs during his parenting time.

The child was ordered to remain in full-time daycare, with an exception allowing the respondent to care for the child on his parenting days if he is not working.

The respondent father sought graduated supervised access to his infant child, to be supervised by his mother.

The applicant mother opposed the request and sought temporary custody with supervised access at a designated access centre.

The court found that supervised access was appropriate given the ongoing child protection investigation, the father's admitted substance abuse, and the child's very young age.

However, the court rejected the applicant's request for access to be restricted to a supervised access centre, finding that supervised access at the paternal grandmother's home was in the child's best interests.

The court also dismissed the applicant's motion for temporary custody, finding insufficient evidence to warrant such a restrictive order.