The applicant father brought a motion for interim joint custody of the parties' three-year-old child, as well as determinations on child and spousal support.
The respondent mother brought a cross-motion for interim sole custody, retroactive and ongoing child support for both the parties' child and her older child from a previous relationship, and retroactive and ongoing spousal support.
The court granted interim sole custody to the mother, finding that the parties' inability to communicate and the child's lack of overnight visits with the father militated against joint custody.
The court ordered the father to pay ongoing child support for the parties' child and spousal support, but dismissed the claims for retroactive support and child support for the older child, finding the father did not stand in loco parentis.
