The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto applied for a protection finding regarding a fifteen-year-old youth with complex medical and behavioural needs, including anorexia nervosa, ADHD, and autism.
The youth's father and the Office of the Children's Lawyer opposed the finding, arguing that the youth's challenges were beyond any parent's management and not caused by the father's parenting.
The Ontario Court of Justice granted the application, finding a causal connection between the risk of physical harm to the youth and the father's inability to proactively manage and understand the youth's complex needs.
Consequently, the court determined that the youth was in need of protection under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.
