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SUPREME COURT OF Nova Scotia

FAMILY DIVISION

Citation: Nova Scotia (Community Services) v. R.H., 2018 NSSC 104

Date: 2018-04-27

Docket: SFH-CFSA 99993

Registry: Halifax

Between:

 

Minister of Community Services

Applicant

v.

R.H.

 

Respondent

 

 

 

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

 

Judge:             The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Jollimore

 

Heard:            April 3 – 5, 2018

Summary:       Application for permanent care and custody of 4 year-old boy and 2 ½ year old girl granted where children at risk of emotional abuse.  Best interests of children require mentally and emotionally healthy upbringing which may deprive them of being brought up in the cultural, racial, linguistic and religious heritage of their birth.

Key words:     Children and Family Services Act

Legislation:    Children and Family Services Act, S.N.S. 1990, c. 5, subsection 22(1), clauses 22(2)(b), (g) and (ja), section 46, section 50

 

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