OCFSRB 2019

The applicant filed a complaint with the Child and Family Services Review Board regarding a society's investigation into an interaction she witnessed between a supply teacher and a child.

The Board dismissed the application, finding that the applicant lacked standing under section 120 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, because she had not sought or received services from the society.

Following a decision upholding a student's expulsion, the parties engaged in an application before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO).

The respondent school board sought an order varying the CFSRB's standard confidentiality order to permit the use of records and evidence from the expulsion appeal in the HRTO proceeding.

The CFSRB granted the request, directing that each party is permitted to rely on their own affidavits and exhibits in the HRTO application, provided the pupil's identity continues to be protected.

The applicant filed an application under section 120 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.

The respondent challenged the Child and Family Services Review Board's jurisdiction, arguing the issues were already before the Superior Court of Justice in an ongoing child protection proceeding.

The Board found that most of the applicant's allegations were outside its jurisdiction as they were before the court.

However, the Board retained jurisdiction over the narrow issue of whether the respondent heard the applicant's concerns and provided meaningful reasons for refusing to change the assigned family services worker.

The applicant alleged that the respondent children's aid society failed to comply with a settlement agreement by not providing a timely response to three questions regarding its past investigations.

The Child and Family Services Review Board found that while the respondent was non-compliant with the agreed-upon timeline, it ultimately provided adequate reasons for its decisions as required by the agreement and the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.

The Board dismissed the substantive complaints and closed the file.

The applicant, the aunt of a child, filed an application with the Child and Family Services Review Board complaining about the respondent society's response to her reports of abuse and neglect by the child's grandmother.

The Board dismissed the application, finding it lacked jurisdiction over custody disputes and that the applicant was ineligible to complain under section 120 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, as she had not sought or received services from the society.