Asche and Martin

This matter concerned an application before Justice Mullane regarding the parenting arrangements for a child born in June 1996. The dispute centred on the living arrangements for the child and the extent of parental responsibility and contact for each parent.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, the allocation of parental responsibility for various decision-making processes, and the nature and supervision of the time the child would spend with the mother. Additionally, the court needed to address the father's use of prescription drugs and the mother's conduct towards the father and child.

Justice Mullane ordered that the child live with the father, with the father having sole parental responsibility except for day-to-day care decisions during the mother's contact time. The mother was to have supervised contact with the child for one occasion per week, up to four hours, at a designated contact centre. The orders also mandated assessments for both parents by the contact centre and a psychiatrist for the father to assess his drug use and provide recommendations. Furthermore, the mother was restrained for four years from assaulting, harassing, or interfering with the father, and from attending near the child's school or residence, and from communicating with the child outside of supervised contact.