Susan Duggan

The respondent mother brought a motion to vary an existing access order to allow the four-year-old child to attend full-time junior kindergarten, and for further financial and medical disclosure from the applicant father.

The father brought a cross-motion regarding access.

The court varied the access schedule to accommodate the child's full-time attendance at junior kindergarten while ensuring regular contact with the father.

The court ordered the father to provide the requested financial disclosure but dismissed the mother's request for the father's unredacted medical records, finding they were not necessary for the determination of the issues.

The respondent father brought a motion to vary a temporary order governing access to the parties’ infant child by seeking expanded parenting time, including additional overnight access and earlier commencement of weekend visits.

The applicant mother opposed the timing of expanded overnight access, arguing that any increase should occur more gradually.

The court considered the child’s best interests and the evidentiary record, which included allegations between the parties and multiple police and child protection contacts that produced no substantiated concerns.

The court concluded that expanded parenting time with the father was appropriate but that immediate Friday overnight access would be premature.

The order was varied to introduce midweek overnight access and delayed commencement of alternating weekend access beginning on Fridays.