A 15-year-old youth initiated a protection application against her parents and the Children's Aid Society, seeking temporary care and custody with the Society.
The youth suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood sexual abuse.
She refuses treatment and rejects her parents' involvement in her care.
On three separate occasions between May and September 2018, the youth was discharged from hospitals and residential placements with no caregiver willing to assume responsibility, leaving her vulnerable in the community.
The court found that despite the parents' historical efforts to locate treatment, the repeated failure to provide physical care when community placements broke down constituted a protection concern.
The court granted the youth's motion, placing her in the temporary care and custody of the Children's Aid Society and authorizing the Society to act as substitute decision-maker for medical treatment.
