A child protection case involving two children, V. (age 4.5) and J. (age 3.5), apprehended on March 3, 2009.
The Children's Aid Society sought Crown wardship without access for adoption purposes.
The mother sought return of the children with a supervision order; the father supported the mother's position but sought ongoing access.
The court found both children in need of protection under section 37(2)(b) of the Child and Family Services Act based on risk of physical harm due to parental neglect, inadequate care, poor supervision, and unsafe living conditions.
After a 16-day trial, the court ordered Crown wardship without access for both children, finding that return to the mother would create substantial to overwhelming risk of harm and that adoption was in the children's best interests.
