The applicants, the aunt and uncle of a Crown ward, applied to adopt her.
The Children's Aid Society refused the application before completing the homestudy, citing the severe and destructive history of the child's biological parents in disrupting family placements.
The applicants requested a review by the Child and Family Services Review Board.
The Board found that the applicants were excellent candidates who had the maturity and resources to protect the child from her biological parents.
The Board rescinded the Society's decision, concluding that adoption by the applicants was in the child's best interests, subject to the completion of the homestudy visitation phase.