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The court ordered Crown wardship without access for three children due to the mother's chronic instability and inability to meet their special needs.
This is a child protection trial concerning three children (K.M.1, A.M.1, and M.M.) who were apprehended in March 2008 due to neglect and inadequate supervision.
The mother, L.M., had a history of transience, poor home conditions, truancy issues with her older children, and inability to meet the special needs of her younger children.
The maternal grandmother, B.D.1, sought placement of the children with her.
The court found the children were in need of protection under the Child and Family Services Act and made them Crown wards, rejecting all family-based plans due to the mother's deep-seated personality issues, the grandmother's health limitations and credibility concerns, and the inadequacy of the proposed plans to meet the children's high needs.
Board assumes jurisdiction to review Society's failure to provide reasons regarding Child Abuse Register decisions.
The applicant brought a complaint to the Child and Family Services Review Board alleging that the Children's Aid Society failed to provide reasons for its decisions to place his name on the Child Abuse Register, to subsequently remove it, and to keep his file open.
The Society challenged the Board's jurisdiction, noting that the decision to place the applicant's name on the Register occurred before the Board acquired jurisdiction over such matters on December 1, 2006.
The Board found it had jurisdiction to review all three decisions, reasoning that procedural fairness required reviewing the initial placement decision in conjunction with the subsequent removal decision, especially since the applicant could not practically complain earlier due to pending criminal charges of which he was ultimately acquitted.
