What is the legal test for advising the court that you wish the children placed in your care be placed in their care?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nova Scotia (Community Services) v M.O, 2019 NSSC 117 (CanLII):
Simply advising the court that you wish the children placed in your care is insufficient to support a finding that it is in their best interests. The onus falls upon the adult sibling advancing the plan to provide sufficient information to support that the plan is in the children’s best interests (ref Children's Aid Society of Halifax v. B. (T.), [2001] N.S.J. No. 225 (N.S. C.A.)).
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