Mary Jane Moynahan

This is a summary judgment motion arising from a status review application under the Child and Family Services Act concerning a child born in 2012.

The Society sought to make the child a Crown ward with no access to the parents.

The mother was in default and had abandoned the child after only thirteen days of placement in her care.

The father sought placement of the child in his care subject to supervision.

The court found that the father lacked parenting ability and commitment to care for the child independently, had not visited the child since she was taken into care in October 2014, and had a long history of parenting deficiencies.

The court granted the Society's motion and made the child a Crown ward with no access to either parent.

This is a child protection trial concerning the disposition of a child born in 2010 who was placed in foster care at birth.

The applicant society sought a Crown wardship order with no access for the purpose of adoption.

The respondent mother proposed placement with her mother (the grandmother) under a custody order.

The father did not participate in the trial.

The court was required to determine the child's best interests under section 37(3) of the Child and Family Services Act, considering competing plans for permanent placement.

The applicant children's aid society brought a motion for summary judgment seeking Crown wardship with no access for two children.

The children had been in care for extended periods due to the parents' ongoing drug use and the father's criminal activity.

Despite the mother's participation in a methadone program, both parents continued to test positive for illicit substances.

The court found no genuine issue for trial, as the parents' plan relied on unfulfilled promises to change and the children required permanency.

The motion was granted, and the children were made Crown wards with no access for the purpose of adoption.

A child protection motion for summary judgment brought by Chatham-Kent Children's Services seeking Crown wardship of two children with no access.

The respondent parents had histories of drug use and criminal activity.

The father had engaged in ongoing criminal conduct including break and enter offences and was facing drug charges.

The mother had demonstrated some progress in addiction treatment through methadone programming but continued to test positive for illicit drugs including amphetamines and methamphetamines.

Both children had been in care well beyond the statutory period requiring permanency planning.

The court found no genuine issue for trial and granted Crown wardship with no access for purposes of adoption.