CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW BOARD
BETWEEN:
SS
Applicant
-and-
The Children’s Aid Society of the Niagara Region
Respondent
DECISION
Adjudicator: Tracy Foster
Date: June 13, 2025
Citation: 2025 CFSRB 78
Indexed As: SS v The Children’s Aid Society of the Niagara Region (CYFSA s.120)
OVERVIEW
1This is an Application filed under section 120 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c.14, Sched.1, (the “Act”).
2The Applicant is the children’s grandmother. She claims the Respondent has delayed her kinship application due to her disability.
3This decision explains why the Application is not eligible for review by the CFSRB.
ISSUE
4The issue is:
- Is the Application eligible for review by the CFSRB?
RESULT
5The CFSRB finds that the Application is not eligible for review.
ANALYSIS
6In section 6 of the Application, where an applicant identifies why they have applied to the CFSRB, the Applicant checked off the following box:
- The Society did not give you a chance to be heard when decisions that affected your interests were made
The CFSRB Cannot Review a Non-Parent’s Complaints about Not Being Heard
7The only box checked by the Applicant relates to the right to be heard, Section 120(4)4 of the Act.
8Section 120(4)4 defines complaints that the CFSRB may review: “Allegations that the society has failed to comply with subsection 15 (2).” Subsection 15(2) of the Act limits the right to be heard to “children and young persons and their parents.”
9The Applicant is not the children’s parent. As such, the CFSRB does not have the jurisdiction to review the Applicant’s complaints about not being heard by the Respondent.
ORDER
6The Application is dismissed.
confidentiality order
7Pursuant to Rules 9.3 and 9.4 of the CFSRB’s Rules of Procedure, parties and their representatives must not use, share, discuss or disclose any CFSRB documents or decisions, or any other documents or information provided or used in this Application, with anyone including through the media or online. The CFSRB prohibits the use of any of this information for any purpose outside of the CFSRB’s proceedings, except with an order of the Court or the CFSRB, as appropriate.
Dated, June 13, 2025.
Tracy Foster
Tracy Foster
Member