The Children's Aid Society of the Region of Waterloo brought a summary judgment motion seeking to make the child a Crown ward without access for adoption purposes, or alternatively, to terminate a supervision order.
The maternal grandmother sought to be added as a party and brought a cross-motion for expanded interim access.
The Ontario Court of Justice granted the Society's motion in part, making the child a ward of the Crown, and dismissed the grandmother's interim motion for expanded access.
The court determined that the child's psychological bonding to the current foster parent and the need for permanency outweighed the kinship plan, but reserved the issue of access to the grandmother for a focused hearing.
