What factors can lead to a finding that a child is at risk of physical and emotional abuse?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. D.B. and B.M., 2021 ONSC 5252 (CanLII):
Factors that can lead to a finding that a child is at risk of physical and emotional abuse [emphasis added] include the following: a. repeated conflict between the parents, witnessed by the children; b. numerous police calls relating to misconduct and aggression between the parents, at times in the presence of the children; d. verbal abuse, aggression and inappropriate situations the children have been exposed to; and e. the physical and emotional distress the children have each experienced; the parents’ contribution to that distress; and the parents’ inability or unwillingness to appropriately respond to that distress. See Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. R.S., at para. 108.
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