Jeffery Michael James Rehner

The Linck Child, Youth and Family Supports (Society) brought a motion to vary a temporary care order for the child K.M., seeking to place the child with the paternal grandparents.

The child's parents and maternal grandparents consented to this placement.

The foster parents, with whom K.M. had resided for 22 months, opposed the motion, seeking to retain care and pursue adoption.

The court granted the Society's motion, emphasizing the legislative priority of kin placement over foster care, even where a strong attachment to foster parents exists.

The court reiterated that foster parents do not have standing to advance a permanent care plan at this stage of proceedings.

The applicant Society, joined by the mother and Inuit representative, sought to vary an interim order to place children with the mother and permit their relocation to Northern Quebec.

The father opposed, requesting custody and maintenance of the non-removal order.

The court found a material change in circumstances due to the parents' separation and the father's criminal charges.

Applying principles from the Child, Youth and Family Services Act and the federal Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families, with a strong emphasis on cultural continuity for Indigenous children, the court granted the Society's motion, allowing the mother to relocate with the children to their Inuit community, despite the impact on the father's access.

This is a child protection trial concerning the disposition of a child born in 2010 who was placed in foster care at birth.

The applicant society sought a Crown wardship order with no access for the purpose of adoption.

The respondent mother proposed placement with her mother (the grandmother) under a custody order.

The father did not participate in the trial.

The court was required to determine the child's best interests under section 37(3) of the Child and Family Services Act, considering competing plans for permanent placement.

Application by Chatham-Kent Children's Services regarding five children in need of protection.

The court found that the children were in need of protection due to chronic neglect, physical abuse, parental cognitive limitations, and exposure to domestic conflict.

The mother and father of the two youngest children proposed returning all five children to their care in Quebec, but the court rejected this plan as inadequate and unsafe.

The court ordered that the three oldest children be placed in kinship care or as Crown wards with specified access arrangements, and that the two youngest children be made Crown wards with no parental access to facilitate adoption.

A custody application brought by the mother against the father involving their child born in 2011, with the complication that the mother faced deportation to Hong Kong on April 30, 2012.

The father cross-claimed for custody and child support or, alternatively, specified access.

The court found that the father had engaged in domestic violence, confinement, assault, and threats against the mother, and demonstrated poor parenting practices.

The mother was granted sole custody of the child.

The father was granted supervised access twice per week for two hours per visit, which would terminate upon the mother's deportation.

The non-removal order was terminated as there was no evidence that either parent intended to voluntarily remove the child from the jurisdiction.