Lois Boateng Amirikah

The Children's Aid Society brought a motion seeking child support from the parents of a 15-year-old autistic child who had been in the Society's care since June 2023.

Despite failing to comply with financial disclosure orders, evidence showed the mother earned approximately $144,000 and the father was imputed a minimum wage income.

The court ordered the mother to pay $800 per month and the father to pay $200 per month in child support, but declined to order them to maintain life insurance policies.

The children's aid society brought a status review application seeking to place a four-year-old child in Extended Society Care.

The child had been in care for over two years due to the mother's severe substance abuse and unstable lifestyle.

Although the mother had made significant progress in addressing her addiction and mental health issues over the past year, the court found she was not yet capable of parenting the child unsupervised on a full-time basis.

Given the child's need for permanency, the court ordered Extended Society Care but granted ongoing access, designating both the mother and the child as access holders.

The Children's Aid Society brought a motion for a temporary care and custody order regarding two children, aged 12 and 14 months.

The children had been removed from the mother's care following incidents of domestic violence and substance abuse, and placed with relatives.

The mother sought the return of the children.

The court found that the parents had repeatedly breached voluntary services agreements and that there was a risk of harm to the children if returned to the mother's care.

The court ordered that the children remain in their current placements.

The paternal grandmother brought a motion for a temporary order for alternate weekend access and specified holiday time with her four-year-old granddaughter, who was placed in the custody of the maternal grandmother.

The maternal grandmother opposed a formal order, preferring to manage access at her discretion due to concerns about the paternal grandmother's son and grandson.

The court determined that section 104 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act governed the motion and found that a formal access order was in the child's best interests to manage the tension between the grandmothers.

The court granted alternate weekend access with conditions prohibiting the biological father's presence during visits.

The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa brought a motion for summary judgment seeking an order that the child, H., was in need of protection and for a disposition of extended society care for purposes of adoption, with no parental access.

The respondent mother could not be located, and the respondent father filed a plan of care lacking detail and did not participate further.

The court granted the Society's motion, finding the child in need of protection due to parental neglect, severe drug abuse by the mother, and the father's violent criminal history.

The court also determined that extended society care was in the child's best interests and denied parental access, citing the lack of parental contact, the child's young age, and the potential impairment to adoption opportunities.