CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW BOARD
P.R.
v.
Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
REASONS FOR DECISION
Date: October 21, 2016
Citation: 2016 CFSRB 48
Indexed as: P.R. v. Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin (CFSA s.68)
1The Applicant made a complaint to the Child and Family Services Review Board (the Board) in accordance with section 68.1 of the Child and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c.C22, as amended (the “Act”). The Respondent is the Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin (the “Society”).
2The Society challenged the Board’s jurisdiction to consider the complaint. In an Interim Decision, issued July 29, 2016, to be reported, the Board determined it had jurisdiction to hear complaints concerning 2 referrals made to the Society on [date] and on [date]. As the Society had transferred the remaining referrals to another CAS for investigation it was not a proper respondent to the complaints about them.
3The hearing before the Board was held by teleconference on September 28, 2016. The issue was whether the Society had provided the Applicant with an explanation for its decision not to transfer those referrals to Algoma CAS and whether the Society heard the Applicant when and if he raised his concerns regarding the events described in those two referrals.
4The Applicant explained that the referral of [date] was about a marital dispute and not a child protection matter. He confirmed that this referral was not an issue for him.
5After reviewing the information concerning the [date] referral provided by the parties, the Board is satisfied that this referral was also transferred to the Algoma CAS for investigation in accordance with the Society’s protocol. Consequently, the Board finds the Society is not the correct respondent to the complaint.
6In these circumstances, as the Applicant does not wish to pursue his complaint about the [date] referral, the application is dismissed and the file is closed.
CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER
7Pursuant to Rules 30.1 and 30.2 of the Board’s Rules of Procedure parties and their representatives must not use, share, discuss or disclose any Board documents or decisions or any other documents or information provided or used in this application with anyone including through media or on-line. The Board prohibits the use of any of this information for any purpose outside of the Board’s proceedings, except with an order of the Court or the Board, appropriately.
SUZANNE GILBERT
_________________
Suzanne Gilbert
Associate Chair
Dated at Toronto, Ontario on the 21^st^ day of October, 2016.