Greg S. Parrack

The Society sought an order placing the child in extended society care with no access by the parents.

The court previously placed the child in extended society care but adjourned the issue of access to trial.

The court found that despite the parents' inconsistencies and personal struggles, the child had a positive and meaningful relationship with both parents.

The court ordered a minimum of three supervised direct access visits per year for each parent, along with email updates, finding that this would maintain the child's connection to her birth parents and indigenous heritage without unduly impairing her future opportunities for adoption.

The Society brought a summary judgment motion seeking a finding that the child was in need of protection and an order placing the child in extended society care.

The mother opposed the motion, seeking the child's return or access, while the father consented to the protection finding but opposed the disposition and access orders.

The court found the child in need of protection due to the mother's substance abuse and the father's unresolved anger and mental health issues.

The court ordered the child placed in extended society care, granted the mother access at the Society's discretion, and directed a trial on the issue of the father's access.