The Children's Aid Society brought a motion for temporary care and custody of a child, H., who was apprehended on June 5, 2014.
The father opposed the motion and proposed that the child be placed with community members (P.C. and R.C.), while the society sought placement with itself pending completion of a kinship assessment.
The court considered whether it should defer its decision pending completion of the kinship assessment process or decide the matter on the evidence before it.
The court granted temporary care and custody to the proposed kin caregivers, finding that the decision could be made without awaiting completion of the kinship assessment.
