The applicant Director sought a restraining order against the respondents, who claimed to be the legal guardians of a Métis child by virtue of an Aboriginal custom adoption.
The child was subject to a continuing custody order in British Columbia and had been placed in Ontario.
The respondents had attempted to apprehend the child from her school in Ontario.
The court declined to decide the validity of the custom adoption, recognizing the British Columbia custody order instead.
Finding that the Director had reasonable grounds to fear for the child's safety, the court granted the restraining order.
