In a status review application proceeding on consent, the Children's Aid Society sought to terminate a supervision order and grant joint custody of a nine-year-old child to the maternal grandparents residing in New Brunswick.
The court considered whether it had jurisdiction to make the custody order given the child's residence outside Ontario.
The court found statutory authority under s. 57.1 of the Child and Family Services Act and concluded the child remained habitually resident in Ontario.
The court granted joint custody to the grandparents with reasonable access to the mother.
