Mira R. Pilch

The respondent mother brought a Form 14B motion seeking leave to bring a motion for access to her two children, who had been made crown wards without access.

The respondent father brought a Form 14B motion seeking leave to bring a status review application regarding the older child.

The Children's Aid Society sought dismissal of both motions.

The court dismissed both motions, finding that the mother's request was improperly framed and that statutory restrictions prevented either parent from bringing the requested proceedings.

The court imposed restrictions on further filings by the parents prior to December 8, 2017.

A child protection case involving a four-month-old infant who suffered severe traumatic head injuries including subdural hemorrhaging, retinal hemorrhages, and brain damage.

The child was hospitalized after the father called an ambulance on October 2, 2015.

The Children's Aid Society sought a finding that both children were in need of protection under the Child and Family Services Act.

The parents disputed the cause of injury, with the father's expert suggesting a chronic medical condition (subdural hygroma) with spontaneous rebleeding, while the Society's expert concluded the injuries resulted from traumatic head trauma inflicted or inadequately protected against by the parents.

The court accepted the Society's expert evidence and found both children in need of protection.

A motion for summary judgment brought by the Children's Aid Society of Toronto seeking a finding that two young children are in need of protection and a disposition of crown wardship without access.

The court found both children in need of protection under section 37(2)(b)(i) of the Child and Family Services Act based on the risk of physical harm resulting from the parents' failure to adequately care for and protect the children.

The court granted the motion and ordered crown wardship without access, finding that the mother's parenting capacity remained inadequate, the father had a history of violence and criminal behaviour, and the mother had demonstrated poor judgment regarding her relationship with the father.

The court dismissed the mother's request for a parenting capacity assessment as untimely and found no genuine issue for trial.

A child protection matter under Part III of the Child and Family Services Act concerning two children in the care of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto.

The Society sought to make the children crown wards without access for adoption purposes.

The maternal grandfather brought a motion to be added as a party to the proceeding and to obtain temporary access to the children, with the intention of proposing that they be placed in his care.

The mother opposed the Society's crown wardship application and proposed placement with her parents as her primary plan.

The court granted the maternal grandfather's motion to be added as a party, finding that his plan merited consideration despite the late involvement and the precarious relationship between him and the mother.

The court also granted a graduated access schedule for the maternal grandfather while noting concerns about the children's adverse reactions to visits.

The Children's Aid Society brought a motion for summary judgment seeking an order to make the child a crown ward with a plan for adoption.

The respondent mother opposed the motion and sought the child's return to her care or, alternatively, placement with maternal relatives under a kinship plan.

The court found that while the child could not be returned to the mother's care due to her history of physical abuse and lack of engagement, there remained a genuine issue for trial regarding whether a viable kinship placement with the maternal uncle and aunt could succeed with appropriate therapeutic intervention and family support services.

The court dismissed the summary judgment motion and adjourned the proceeding for trial on the discrete issues of the viability of the kinship plan and the child's access to family members.