Tag: Application of Act

Welter v Kequahtooway, 2023 SKKB 33.

This action is originally brought to the Court by the paternal aunt of the subject child Hiba. The paternal aunt is seeking sole decision-making capabilities and primary care regarding the child. Hiba was placed with her aunt in a private placement agreement between her mother and her aunt.   Although Hiba’s mother, Quanita, brings her own application to have sole decision making…

British Columbia (Children and Family) v A.B., 2020 BCPC 278.

Baby A was removed from her parents’ care when she was three months old after medical evidence showed that she had sustained twelve fractures while in her parents’ primary care. The Director argued that Baby A needed protection because she had been physically harmed by her parents and remained at risk of future harm. The parents opposed the application and…

AK v JJ, 2024 ABCA 324.

After NK was removed from her mother’s care in 2018 and was placed with her maternal aunt and uncle (the Respondents) under a Customary Care Agreement (CCA), which her father, AK, later revoked. Despite AK seeking reunification and opposing the guardianship application, the trial judge granted permanent guardianship to the Respondents, concluding that it was in NK’s best interests to…