SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: Children’s Aid Society of Cape Breton Victoria v. S. W., 2010 NSSC 104
Date: 20100312
Docket: 56872
Registry: Sydney
Between:
Children’s Aid Society of Cape Breton Victoria
Applicant
v.
S. W., J. F. and K. B.
Respondents
- and -
Between: Docket: 015347
K. B.
Applicant
v.
S. W. R.
Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Theresa Forgeron
Heard: December 2 and 3, 2009; January 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 20, and 26, 2010, and March 12, 2010 in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Written Decision: March 18, 2010
Subject: Family Law
Issues: The Agency sought a permanent care order with no provision for access because the child suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, reactive attachment disorder, psychophysiological insomnia, and encopresis because of the neglect and prolonged exposure to conflict, which the child experienced while in the care of the mother and stepfather. The biological father had no relationship with the child because the mother had prevented access from occurring approximately five years earlier. The Agency supported the plan of the foster mother to adopt the child. The father requested that the child be placed in his care after a period of reintroduction because there were no child protection issues within his household.
Result: The plan of the Agency was rejected as not being in the best interests of the child because of the inability of the foster mother to supervise and protect the child adequately. The child would be placed in the care of the father after a period of reintroduction in the best interests of the child.
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