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Children returned to mother's care under supervision orders after court finds child protection apprehensions unreasonable.
The Society sought Crown wardship with no access for a young child, and a supervision order for an older sibling to remain with his father.
The mother sought the return of the younger child to her care under a supervision order and unsupervised access to the older sibling.
The court found that the Society's apprehensions of the younger child and a newborn sibling were unreasonable, and that the Society failed to properly investigate kinship care options or work cooperatively with the mother.
The court ordered that the younger child be returned to the mother's care under a six-month supervision order and that the older sibling be placed in the joint care of both parents under a supervision order.
The court dismissed the agency's application for Crown wardship, returning the children to their parents' care due to unreasonable apprehensions.
This is a child protection matter involving two children, L and C, and a status review application.
The Highland Shores Children's Aid Society sought Crown Wardship with no access for L and a Supervision Order for C. The court found that while Society intervention was necessary to protect the children from an abusive partner, the apprehension of L was not justified and the Society's subsequent handling of the case was unreasonable.
The court found the Society failed to conduct thorough investigations, failed to consider kinship care options, and abused its discretion by using access as a punitive tool rather than focusing on the children's best interests.
The court ordered L returned to his mother's care subject to a six-month supervision order and C placed in joint care of both parents subject to supervision.
