The applicant father sought sole custody of the youngest child following a high-conflict separation where the respondent mother successfully alienated the three children from him.
Despite numerous attempts at reintegration therapy and various access schedules, the youngest child continued to refuse meaningful contact with the father.
The court found that the mother engaged in unilateral, deliberate, and successful parental alienation, which amounted to emotional abuse.
Concluding that leaving the child with the mother would permanently sever the father-child relationship, the court ordered a custody reversal, granting sole custody to the father and suspending all contact between the child and the mother for a minimum of six months to facilitate reconciliation therapy.
