A motion concerning jurisdiction and venue in a child protection matter.
The Children's Aid Society of Dufferin County brought a motion for temporary care and custody of two children, with the respondents seeking to have the matter heard in Orangeville (Dufferin County) rather than Guelph (Wellington County), where the original protection application had been filed.
The court found that despite the children's current residence in Dufferin County and the respondents' preference for Orangeville, the overwhelming connection to Guelph—where the Guelph CAS had been involved for over a year, where the original protection application was filed, and where prior court orders had been made—warranted transferring the matter to Guelph for hearing.
