This is a child protection trial under the Child and Family Services Act involving an amended protection application brought by the Children's Aid Society of Toronto regarding a child (A.L.) born in 2010.
The child was apprehended on December 17, 2010, due to the mother's mental health crisis, suicidal ideation, domestic conflict within the parental relationship, and concerns about parental capacity.
The Society sought a Crown wardship order with no access to facilitate adoption.
The parents opposed the application and sought the child's return to their care.
The court found the child was in need of protection but determined that return to the parents with a supervision order was in the child's best interests, rejecting the Society's adoption plan.
The court applied section 70(4) of the CFSA to extend the time for Society wardship to facilitate a gradual transition home over four months.
