This is a temporary care and custody motion under Part III of the Child and Family Services Act concerning two children, R.N. (age 15) and J.N. (age 10).
The Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto sought to continue temporary orders placing J. in the care of his father and R. in the care of a foster family, with access to both children at the society's discretion.
The respondent mother opposed the motion and sought placement of both children in her care.
The court found reasonable grounds to believe that both children would suffer harm if returned to the mother's care, based on a long history of documented conflict between the mother and the children, the mother's unresolved mental health issues, and the mother's failure to take responsibility for her role in the family dysfunction.
The court ordered that J. remain in the father's care and R. remain in foster care with a reunification plan contingent on the mother engaging in therapy with R.
