What steps can a child protection agency take to apprehend and take the child to safety without a warrant?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. R.M.J.T., 2014 MBCA 36 (CanLII):
One of the steps which an agency can take is to apprehend the child and take the child to a place of safety (see s. 21(1)). Apprehension may take place without a warrant where the agency reasonably believes that the child may be subject to serious harm or the risk of serious harm (Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. K.L.W., 2000 SCC 48 at para. 104, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 519). Section 21(2) authorizes the entry into any premises without a warrant where the child is in immediate danger or has been abandoned.
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