This is a motion by the respondent father to vary an interim access order in a status review application under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.
The father sought to increase his access to his 13-year-old daughter, A., from five hours every second Sunday to weekly access.
The Children's Aid Society opposed the variation, arguing the father had not demonstrated material change in circumstances and that the child's stability and therapeutic needs required maintaining the status quo.
The court found that significant changes in circumstances had occurred since the original order was made, including the father's active participation in the case, improved family support, employment prospects, and the child's expressed wishes to spend more time with her father.
The court granted the variation, increasing access to weekly visits while maintaining supervision and conditions appropriate to the child's best interests.