William Doran

The parties separated after a 21-year relationship.

The applicant father, who moved to Alberta for lucrative employment in the oil industry, sought joint custody of their three children.

The respondent mother, who had been a full-time homemaker for 15 years, sought child and spousal support.

The court granted joint custody, finding the father to be a responsible parent.

The court ordered the father to pay table child support based on an income of $112,000 and awarded the mother indefinite spousal support of $450 per month, imputing an income of $30,000 to her to encourage self-sufficiency.

The father was also ordered to pay $7,504 in retroactive support.

In a family law motion involving separated spouses with two young children, the court addressed interim issues concerning the children’s contact with farm animals, the potential sale of the matrimonial home, interim child support, and police enforcement of custody and access.

The court ordered that goats and sheep kept at the property be secured in an enclosure preventing unsupervised contact with the children and requiring adult supervision for any interaction.

The motion regarding the sale of the matrimonial home was adjourned to permit the applicant an opportunity to submit a formal purchase offer capable of completion on the same terms as a third‑party purchaser.

Pending full financial disclosure, the court ordered interim interim child support based on estimated incomes under a shared custody set‑off.

The request for interim police enforcement of custody and access was adjourned absent evidence that either party had failed to comply with the recent custody order.