Are analyses undertaken in a criminal law context not to be imported into child protection proceedings?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Family and Children's Services of St. Thomas and Elgin County v. F.(W.), 2003 CanLII 54117 (ON CJ):
[358] I adopt the views and decision of Justice L’Heureux-Dubé, in Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. K.L.W., supra, that the analyses undertaken in a criminal law context are not to be imported into child protection proceedings.
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