B. Keyshawn Hyacinth

The Children's Aid Society brought a motion for summary judgment seeking an order to make the child a crown ward with a plan for adoption.

The respondent mother opposed the motion and sought the child's return to her care or, alternatively, placement with maternal relatives under a kinship plan.

The court found that while the child could not be returned to the mother's care due to her history of physical abuse and lack of engagement, there remained a genuine issue for trial regarding whether a viable kinship placement with the maternal uncle and aunt could succeed with appropriate therapeutic intervention and family support services.

The court dismissed the summary judgment motion and adjourned the proceeding for trial on the discrete issues of the viability of the kinship plan and the child's access to family members.

The Children's Aid Society of Toronto brought a motion for summary judgment seeking an order to make the child C.S. a Crown ward and place her in the care and custody of the Society.

The respondent mother opposed the motion and sought either dismissal or, alternatively, a short-term Society wardship with transition to her care.

The court found no genuine issue requiring trial and granted the summary judgment motion, making C.S. a Crown ward.

The decision was based on the mother's intellectual disability, her inability to meet the child's needs consistently, her ongoing relationship with an abusive partner despite court orders prohibiting contact, the child's special needs including global developmental delay and possible fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the failure of the parents to demonstrate meaningful change or capacity to parent safely.

The Children's Aid Society of Toronto brought a motion for summary judgment seeking statutory findings that four children were in need of protection and dispositional orders placing two children with their maternal grandparents and two children with their paternal grandmother, subject to Society supervision and specified access conditions.

The mother opposed the motion and sought to have all children returned to her care.

The court granted the summary judgment motion, finding that the mother had failed to demonstrate a genuine issue for trial.

The court found that the mother had not successfully addressed her lifestyle and parenting challenges, remained incapable of forming therapeutic relationships with professionals, and was unable to prioritize the children's needs over her own.

The court made custody orders under section 57.1 of the Child and Family Services Act placing the children with their grandparents, with access to the parents as agreed by the custodians or as specified by the court.