The Applicant, a foster parent planning to adopt a three-year-old child, filed an application alleging the Respondent Children's Aid Society failed to provide adequate reasons for decisions affecting her interests.
Specifically, the Applicant alleged the Respondent failed to explain its change in position requiring openness with the child's grandmother, failed to provide supporting policies, and failed to explain why openness was promoted over permanency.
The Child and Family Services Review Board found that the Respondent breached its obligation to provide meaningful and timely reasons for its decisions regarding openness and permanency planning.