A child protection proceeding under the Child and Family Services Act concerning a seven-year-old child found to be in need of protection.
The Children's Aid Society sought Crown Wardship without access, supported by the Office of the Children's Lawyer.
The mother sought return of the child to her care; the father supported that position and sought access.
The court found that the mother had a long history of mental health issues, emotional instability, substance abuse, and had emotionally abused and neglected the child.
The child had thrived in foster care with relatives and experienced significant anxiety during supervised access with the mother.
The court determined that return to the mother's care was not in the child's best interests and ordered Crown Wardship without access to either parent.
