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Motion to strike Answer for non-disclosure denied, but strict case management timetable and costs imposed.
The applicant brought a motion to strike the respondent's Answer due to his failure to provide meaningful financial disclosure despite repeated requests and a prior court order.
The court found that the respondent had ignored his disclosure obligations but declined to strike the Answer at this stage.
Instead, the court appointed itself as case management judge, imposed a strict timetable for disclosure and questioning, and awarded costs of $7,500 to the applicant.
Board rescinds CAS decision to remove biracial child from long-term foster parents for transracial adoption concerns.
The applicants, who had fostered a four-year-old child since birth, sought a review of the Children's Aid Society's decision to remove the child from their care and refuse their adoption application.
The child had significant developmental delays and was at risk for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The Society intended to place the biracial child with another family who had adopted the child's half-sister, arguing the other family could better meet the child's racial and cultural needs.
The Child and Family Services Review Board rescinded the Society's decision, finding that the applicants had met all of the child's needs, including her racial and cultural needs.
The Board concluded that removing the child from the only parents she had known would disrupt her secure place in the family and be contrary to her best interests.
