The appellant father appealed a trial decision granting Crown wardship of his child with no access for the purpose of adoption.
The father sought joint custody with the child's paternal aunt, or sole custody for the aunt to adopt the child.
The father argued the trial judge provided inadequate reasons, misapprehended evidence regarding his drug addiction recovery, and failed to consider the least intrusive course of action.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge's reasons were adequate, his credibility findings and preference for the court-appointed expert's evidence were reasonable, and he properly considered and rejected the aunt's plan of care as insufficient to protect the child.
