The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa sought a protection order for two children, D.R. and D.J., proposing specific placement plans.
The maternal grandmother sought an order for the children to be placed in her care.
The court found the children in need of protection.
Considering the mother's significant recent remedial steps to address mental health, addiction, and domestic violence issues, and D.J.'s consistent preference to live with his mother, the court ordered D.R. into the joint temporary care and custody of her mother, maternal grandfather, and his wife, and D.J. into the temporary care and custody of his mother, both subject to Society supervision.
The maternal grandmother's request for placement was denied, with the court affording little weight to D.R.'s views due to suspected influence.
