A child protection trial concerning two young children (ages 5 and 4) where the Children's Aid Society of Toronto sought crown wardship without access for purposes of adoption.
The mother opposed the application and sought return of the children to her care subject to a supervision order.
The court found the children in need of protection due to the mother's serious mental illness (schizophrenia), which resulted in multiple involuntary hospitalizations and periods of inability to care for the children.
Although the mother demonstrated some mental health stabilization and was cooperative with services, the court found she lacked insight into her condition, had no adequate safety plan for potential relapses, and demonstrated inadequate parenting skills despite therapeutic intervention.
The court ordered the children to be made crown wards without access, finding this was in the children's best interests given their need for certainty, stability, and permanence.
