The applicants, who were the child's foster parents for nearly three years, applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board to review the Children's Aid Society's decision to refuse their adoption application and remove the child from their home.
The Society had decided to place the child with another foster family who was caring for the child's half-siblings, prioritizing sibling reunification.
The Board found that the Society failed to provide proper notice of the removal and failed to make full disclosure.
On the merits, the Board determined that it was in the child's best interests to be returned to the applicants' home and adopted by them, given the child's strong attachment to the applicants, the trauma of the disruption, and concerns about the alternative family's commitment to adopting the siblings.