The applicants, former foster parents of the child, applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board to review the Children's Aid Society's refusal of their application to adopt the child.
The Society had removed the child and closed the applicants' foster home due to alleged discrepancies in mileage claims, but later cited safety concerns regarding the birth mother's knowledge of the applicants.
The Board found it had jurisdiction to hear the application.
However, applying the best interests of the child test, the Board concluded that the long-term safety and security risks posed by the birth family's knowledge of the applicants outweighed the child's attachment to them.
The Society's decision to refuse the adoption application was confirmed.
