The Children's Aid Society brought a motion for summary judgment seeking a declaration that a newborn child was in need of protection and should be made a Crown ward for adoption purposes.
The parents opposed the motion and sought to have the child placed in their care subject to supervision.
The court found that the child was in need of protection based on the mother's presentation at birth, lack of stable housing and income, intellectual and cognitive limitations, and a parenting capacity assessment revealing significant deficits in both parents' ability to meet the child's developmental and emotional needs.
The court granted the Society's motion and made the child a Crown ward without access for adoption purposes.
