Tag: Party status

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 Development) v W.D., 2025 BCPC 142.

This case is about a six-year-old Indigenous child, J.D., who was removed from her parents’ care and placed in the temporary care of the Director because of serious child protection concerns including sexual abuse and exploitation at the hands of her parents. J.D. is Indigenous on her mother’s side from Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’zw Nations. The Director applied for continuing custody of J.D.…