This uncontested trial addressed a high-conflict family dispute concerning decision-making and parenting time for a six-year-old child.
The respondent mother had repeatedly made unsubstantiated allegations of sexual and physical abuse against the applicant father, withheld the child from him for extended periods, and refused to cooperate with court orders and investigations by the Children's Aid Society (CAS) and the Office of the Children's Lawyer (OCL).
The court found the mother's actions constituted family violence, causing emotional and psychological harm to the child.
Consequently, the court ordered a change in the child's primary residence from the mother to the father, granted the father sole decision-making authority, and ordered the mother to pay child support and significant costs due to her unreasonable and intransigent conduct throughout the litigation.
