The mother brought a status review application seeking to terminate an extended society care order and have the child returned to her care.
The child's foster mother brought a motion to be added as a party to the proceeding, along with her husband and daughter.
The mother and the children's aid society opposed the motion.
The court noted several procedural and jurisdictional irregularities in the proceeding, including the society's lack of jurisdiction over the non-Indigenous child.
The court found that the foster parents met the criteria for party status under the Family Law Rules and indicated it would add the foster mother as a party respondent, but temporarily stayed the proceeding until the mother obtained the required leave of the court to bring the status review application.
