In a child protection proceeding, the mother was charged criminally with assaulting one of the children.
Her criminal release conditions prohibited contact with the children except as supervised by the child protection agency.
The family court issued an endorsement highlighting that such restrictive bail conditions, without an exception for family court orders, effectively strip the family court of its jurisdiction to determine the children's best interests and stymie reunification efforts.
The court urged the criminal justice system to routinely include an exception allowing contact 'in accordance with a family court order'.
