Denise E. Marshall

E.N.H., the sister of the mother (T.R.), brought a motion to be added as a party respondent in a child protection status review application.

E.N.H. sought to claim placement of the two children with her or a custody order, intending to involve the mother in their lives.

The Children's Aid Society, the father (G.R.), and counsel for the children opposed the motion, arguing that E.N.H. was a "stalking horse" for the mother and had adopted the mother's unsubstantiated delusions about the father.

The court dismissed the motion, finding that E.N.H.'s plan did not merit consideration and that adding her as a party was not in the children's best interests, as her beliefs and minimization of past misconduct were problematic.

The Children's Aid Society sought Crown wardship, silent as to access, for a child with special needs.

The respondent parents opposed, seeking a supervision order.

The court found the child in need of protection due to the mother's significant cognitive impairment and poor judgment, and the father's debilitating psychogenic seizures and lack of insight.

The parents were deemed unable to meet the child's long-term needs, particularly her special developmental requirements.

Crown wardship was granted, with the child to be adopted by kinship foster parents, and access was denied due to the statutory presumption against access to a Crown ward not being overcome.