The applicant father brought a motion to change a final parenting order, seeking a temporary reversal of primary residence and a 120-day no-contact period between the child and the respondent mother due to severe parental alienation.
The mother had repeatedly thwarted the father's parenting time, made unsubstantiated allegations of physical and sexual abuse, and sabotaged reunification therapy.
The court found that the mother's alienating behaviour constituted family violence and placed the child at risk of emotional harm.
Applying the stringent test for temporary variation of a final order, the court granted the father's motion, reversing primary residence to the father and ordering a 120-day blackout period for the mother to allow the father and child to participate in a reunification program.
