The applicant foster parent appealed the Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Society's decision to remove a Crown ward from her therapeutic foster care.
The Society argued the Board lacked jurisdiction because the applicant missed the 10-day appeal window and the child had already been removed.
The Board found it had jurisdiction because the Society failed to provide the applicant with the required written notice of her right to apply for a review.
On the merits, the Board determined that it was in the child's best interests to return to the applicant's home, noting the child's significant progress there, the lack of consultation with the child prior to the removal, and the child's expressed wish to return.
The Board rescinded the Society's decision to remove the child.