A child protection trial concerning a child born in 2011 who was apprehended shortly after birth due to serious concerns about the mother's parenting capacity (ADHD, FASD, prior Crown wardship of first child), the father's significant cognitive disabilities and criminal history (charged with aggravated assault on a baby he was babysitting), and the paternal grandmother's extensive child protection history involving abuse and neglect.
The court found the child to be in need of protection under section 37(2)(b)(i) of the Child and Family Services Act due to risk of physical harm.
The father and paternal grandmother sought placement of the child in their care under Society supervision, but the court rejected both plans as inadequate.
The child was made a Crown ward without access to facilitate adoption, as this was found to be the least intrusive option meeting the child's best interests.
