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Custody Relief granted
The Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew County brought a motion for a temporary care and custody order for three First Nation children.
The court found reasonable grounds to believe the children were at risk of harm if returned to the mother without supervision, due to her history of substance abuse, mental health issues, and domestic violence.
Applying the "least disruptive placement" principle under the CYFSA and considering the children's First Nations heritage under the federal Act, the court ordered the children to be placed in the temporary care and custody of their parents, subject to the Society's supervision and specific conditions.
The order also granted unsupervised access to the father of the youngest child.
Temporary care and custody of child granted to father following mother's previous international abduction.
A child protection agency brought a motion for temporary care and custody of a six-year-old child.
The child's parents had been involved in protracted custody litigation in both Canada and the United States, including Hague Convention proceedings after the mother surreptitiously removed the child to the United States.
Following a U.S. court order returning the child to Canada, the child was placed in the father's care.
The court found that returning the child to the mother's care would effectively mean returning the child to the United States, posing a high risk of harm and loss of contact with the father.
The court ordered that the child be placed in the temporary care and custody of the father under the agency's supervision, finding it to be the least intrusive alternative consistent with the child's best interests.
