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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(FAMILY DIVISION)

Citation: J.M.K. v. Children’s Aid Society of Inverness/Richmond ,

2010 NSSC 171

 

Date:20100427

Docket: SFPACFSA-062149/060546

Registry: Port Hawkesbury

Between:

J.M.K.

Applicant (Respondent)

v.

 

The Children’s Aid Society of Inverness/Richmond

Respondent (Applicant

and

 

C.D.C.

Respondent

 

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“No person shall publish or make public information that has the effect of identifying a child who is a witness at or a participant in a hearing or subject of a proceeding pursuant to this Act, or a parent or guardian, a foster parent or relative of the child.”

 

Judge:                   The Honourable Justice Moira C. Legere Sers

 

Heard:                  April 20, 2010, in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

 

Subject:                Suspension of parent/child contact approximately 7 weeks in advance of the Final Disposition hearing under the Children and Family Services Act.

 


Summary:             Parent supervised access terminated shortly before the commencement of the contested final disposition hearing.  The Agency indicated that a final visit may not be provided.

 

Issue:          Interim Access

 

 

Result:                  Father access’s suspended due to concerns about his health and the effect on the children.  The mother’s access reinstated in the interim upon conditions of supervision security and confidentiality

 

 

 

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