Jessica Vo

The Children's Aid Society sought an order for Crown wardship for three children.

The mother and the two fathers of the children opposed the application, seeking to have the children returned to their care.

The court found that the children were in need of protection due to the parents' significant mental health issues, substance abuse, and inability to provide a stable environment.

The mother was physically disabled and insisted on caring for one of the fathers, who suffered from severe mental illness and required constant supervision.

The other father had a history of substance abuse and an unstable lifestyle.

The court concluded that the parents' plans of care were unworkable and that it was in the best interests of the children to be made Crown wards for the purpose of adoption, with some transitional access and potential openness agreements.

The applicant children's aid society sought an order for Crown wardship without access for a young child with significant special needs, including reactive attachment disorder, PTSD, and ADHD.

The child had been apprehended due to chronic neglect, the mother's prescription drug abuse, and the father's anger management issues and history of sexual offences.

The parents sought the return of the child to their care under supervision or an extension of society wardship.

The court found that the parents lacked insight into the child's complex needs and had failed to follow through with recommended therapeutic and anger management programming.

Concluding that the parents' plan was not viable and that the child required a stable, structured environment, the court ordered Crown wardship.

The court also denied access to the parents, finding they had not met the onus of proving that access would be meaningful and beneficial or that it would not impair the child's future opportunities for adoption.