This is a Status Review application under Part III of the Child and Family Services Act.
The Children's Aid Society sought an order making three young children Crown wards with no access for the purpose of adoption.
The children had been apprehended in December 2015 and placed in continuous foster care.
The mother opposed the application and sought the immediate return of all three children to her care, alternatively requesting a supervision order.
The court found that the mother suffers from untreated schizophrenia with poor insight and judgment, the maternal grandmother suffers from schizoaffective disorder and poses a risk of harm to the children, and the mother has demonstrated an inability to provide safe and effective parenting despite over 90 supervised access visits spanning approximately 18 months.
The court concluded that a supervision order would be inadequate to protect the children and made an order for Crown wardship with no access, finding this to be in the best interests of the children.
