The Children's Aid Society brought a protection application regarding a six-year-old Indigenous child due to the mother's severe and ongoing alcohol abuse.
The child had been residing with the maternal grandmother under a voluntary safety plan.
The Society and the father sought to have the child placed in the father's care, while the mother sought to have the child remain with the maternal grandmother under a supervision order.
The court found the child in need of protection and determined that the mother had 'charge' of the child prior to intervention.
However, returning the child to the mother was unsafe.
The court concluded it was in the child's best interests to be placed in the custody of the father, who offered long-term stability and supported the child's Indigenous heritage.
A final custody order was granted to the father, with supervised parenting time for the mother and contact time for the maternal grandmother.
