The applicants, who had fostered the child since she was 17 days old, applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board for a review of the Society's refusal of their application to adopt the child.
The Society had refused the application in favour of a permanency plan with the child's extended family members.
The Board considered the best interests of the child, including her special needs, her strong attachment to the applicants, and her Indigenous heritage.
The Board found that disrupting the child's primary attachment to the applicants would not be in her best interests, rescinded the Society's refusal, and directed the Society to place the child with the applicants for adoption.