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Michif CFS v S.A.S. and J.A.A.M, 2022 MBKB 176.

The Michif Child and Family Services [“the Agency”] applied to the Court for an order finding the subject child, V.J.A.M-M., remains in need of protection. The Agency seeks a permanent order for the care of the child. The parents contest this request, stating that they can care for, and should care for, the child themselves. The Court proceeds through an analysis (at the request of…

Métis Child, Family and Community Services v CPR et al, 2023 MBCA 82.

This case is an appeal of an order granting guardianship of A.D.R. to D.D. (the former partner of A.D.R.’s deceased father, S.J.M.) rather than A.D.M. (A.D.R.’s paternal aunt), in competing guardianship applications. A.D.M. argues that the trial judge erred in finding that the Federal Act does not apply to private guardianship applications. Peguis Child and Family Services [“Peguis CFS”] intervenes to argue that it does apply. A.D.M. also argues that…

Métis Child, Family and Community Services v CPR et al, 2022 MBCA 40.

This case was about whether Peguis CFS should be allowed to intervene in an appeal about guardianship of A.D.R., a 10-year-old Indigenous child. At the original guardianship hearing, the Court granted guardianship to D.D. instead of A.D.M., the child’s paternal aunt. A.D.M. appealed, arguing that the Court did not properly apply An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families [“the…