Sean Patrick Murphy Johnson

This divorce proceeding focused on decision-making responsibility and parenting time for the child, K.P.K., born in 2017, with property and support issues having been resolved.

The court granted joint decision-making for most areas, but awarded sole decision-making to the mother for health care, specifically regarding COVID-19 vaccination, after consultation with the father.

The existing parenting schedule, where the child primarily resides with the mother and spends regular time with the father, will continue.

However, an equal parenting time schedule will be implemented if the father relocates to the mother's community.

The father was ordered to pay child support based on the current schedule, which will terminate upon the implementation of the equal parenting schedule.

This is a costs endorsement following a 12-day family law trial.

The trial primarily addressed whether the respondent stood in the place of a parent to the applicant's children and had child support obligations, and whether the applicant was entitled to spousal support.

The court found in favour of the applicant on all primary issues, rejecting the respondent's positions.

The applicant, as the successful party, was presumptively entitled to costs.

The court considered the respondent's "incredible" testimony, which prolonged the trial, and awarded the applicant substantial indemnity costs, reduced slightly for a withdrawn equalization claim.