SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: Nova Scotia (Community Services) v. M.C., 2016 NSSC 182
Date: 2016-06-24
Docket: SFHCFSA-092284
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Minister of Community Services
Applicant
v.
M.C., G.H. and S.M.
Respondents
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Jollimore
Heard: January 14, 2015, February 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 2015, March 21 and 22, 2016
Summary: Application by Minister of Community Services for permanent care and custody of two children, aged 11 and 7, dismissed. Interim custody of younger child granted to mother under Maintenance and Custody Act.
Key words: Child Protection, Children and Family Services Act, Family – custody, access to children, Maintenance and Custody Act
Legislation: Children and Family Services Act, S.N.S.
1990, c. 5, clauses 22(2)(a), (b), (f), (g), (i), (j), (ja), and (k), clauses
3(2)(f) and (j), subsection 42(2)
Maintenance and Custody Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 160, subsection 18(5)
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