The applicants, great aunt and uncle of the child, applied to review the respondent society's decision to remove the child from their foster home.
The society removed the child on an emergency basis due to historical sexual abuse allegations against the uncle, which were known when the home was initially approved.
The Board found that the society contravened the Child, Youth and Family Services Act by failing to provide the required 10 days' notice and by conducting a flawed investigation.
However, because 13 months had passed and the child was now placed with his biological father, the Board concluded it was not in the child's best interests to be returned to the applicants.
The removal was confirmed.