The applicant father brought a motion for temporary access to the parties’ four‑year‑old child pending completion of a s. 30 parenting assessment.
The respondent mother sought supervised access relying in part on a pediatrician’s letter suggesting the child may have experienced trauma during prior visits.
The court found the purported expert opinion unreliable because it was based largely on the mother’s subjective account and incomplete information without input from the father.
Finding no credible evidence of safety concerns and noting previous orders granting unsupervised access, the court ordered a structured temporary access schedule including weekday visits and gradually expanding overnight access, while directing that questioning on affidavits be completed.
