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NIs. Slrnorissa reported that diiling their marriage, lv1r" tridjel hit her on a n,rmber oi
Jccasior-rs sometimes pLlnching irer in the face. and tire police f;rst attendei at the home cn
Septenrber 2+, 2Ao5. She stated that she deciineC to give a complete statenient to the oilicei's
rvho respcnded to the call n:aCe bv a neigirbour or-rt of fbar that she woulC ha.;e hei children
talien fi'orn he:-. She indrcate,j tirat the r-elaticnship r.,vl1lt \{r. Firi.jei continiied to decijne, their'
aig'uments lncreased, and police attenCed at the home on otirer occasions until she returned to
Algeria ,,vith rhe chiliren in iVIay 20o6. She stated thar wirile she 'was there, r\Ir. Fridjei sert
lettels to her farnil.r accusing her of behavioLir that.,vouid ernbarrass them so he coLrld clivorce
her ancl, u,ith the support cf her father, she -,vouid be prevented fi om retr-irning to Canada. i\'Is.
Simor:ssa repolted that }-rei' iamilrv remaineci supnortive of her, although her reputation lvith tiie
Algelian commiinity had been "rLiined" b.v N'{r. Fidjel's aiiegations.

According to N'{s. Simoussa, upon hel retlrrn to Calgarv on October 21tt',9aa6, she and
the children were forced to stay at a rvornen's shelter because Mr. Fidjei refused to zillou, her to
reirrrll to the r::rarital home. On November 1o, 2006, Ms. Simoussa obtained the first of a
nilmber ol court olders, rvhich addr-essed cr"rstody and access - a Joint Parenting Order fi om
Provincia-l Coult, rvhich granted lvlr. !-idjel parenting fiom Fridays at 5:oo p.n-r. to Sunday at
?:0O p.m. on alternate weeliends.
Ms. Simor-rssa reported that Nfr. Fidjel only exercised his parenting time as specified in
the older once. Sire recalled that he sarv the chiidren occasionally "only Saturclays or oniy
SLrndays" but "the majority of the time" worJd not see the childlen because he rvas too bLrsy.
Ms. Simoussa stated that at one point, Mr. Fidjel "changecl his strategy" and aslied her to move
back home. When she refused, iv{r. Fidjel repoltediy changed his phone number and clid not
attempt to see his children for the next 4. years. Ms. Simoussa indicated that, although Mr.
tridjel made zr number of court applications duling that time, he "never asked fbr the boys until
July 201o," r,vhen he u,as granted supervised daytime access-

Clinical Description
Ms. Simoussa presented as an extremely polite and respectful, lvell-grcomed, ilealtliy
woman looking her stated age. She attended appointments rvear-ing flattering dresses or sirirts
iind blouses, and some make-up- I-Ier chin-iengtir dark hair ',,vas colouled and styled. There rvas
no eviclence ol :rny inapplopliate motor functioning, rinnsua-l rnovernents, or il1 health. She
made appr:opriate eye contact during the assessment inten iews, ancl spoke in a cleal voice. She
clemonstrated a generally good understanding of English, but spolie rvith an accent.

Ms. Sirnoussa {b}iorved the content ancl flou, of the intervierv ,,vell. There \\ras }}o
indication of perseveration, tangential thinking, or circumstantial thinking. Connections
betrveen concepts and associations between ideas ',..,eLe coherent. There lvas no er.idence of any
obsessions, compr-Llsions, or phobias. She explessed her concerns about Mr. Iiid.iel's parenting in
a tnatter of fact rvay, but occasionally became tearful clescribing the rnistreatment she and her
childr-en had reporteclly suflbred by Mr. Iiidiel.

Ms. SimoLrssa \\ras oriented to person, ti.me, and piace. Sire appeared to be of average
cognitive abllity, r.vith normal memory, concentration, judgment. attention, and reality contact.
She did not report any typicai symptoms of culrent mental disordels but adrnittecl to havins
felt deplessed prlor to and immediateiy fbliorving the separation fi^om Mr. Fidjel.
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