This case concerns a temporary care hearing for a 13-month-old child, G.R., whose parents are J.R. (mother) and S.J. (father).
The Children's Aid Society intervened due to the mother's continued relationship with an individual facing sexual assault charges, her lack of insight into the associated risks, and her inability to meet the child's basic needs, including medical care and safe sleeping arrangements.
The court found the child to be at high risk if returned to the mother's care and determined that a supervision order would be insufficient to mitigate this risk due to the mother's unreliability and repeated breaches of the safety plan.
The court also addressed the interpretation of "charge" under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, concluding that both parents shared charge.
The child remained placed with the father, and the mother's access was ordered to be supervised, removing the Society's discretion for unsupervised access, as the court found unsupervised access incongruent with the child's best interests given the mother's credibility issues and non-compliance.
