The Children's Aid Society brought a status review application regarding a 7-year-old child who had been residing with her paternal grandmother and step-grandfather (the kin) for over five years.
The mother sought unsupervised access or custody, but a parenting capacity assessment and past access attempts indicated unsupervised access was detrimental to the child.
The court found that the child was no longer in need of protection while in the care of the kin.
The court ordered that the child be placed in the legal custody of the kin under the Children's Law Reform Act, with the mother granted supervised access and telephone contact at the discretion of the kin.
