What is the standard of proof required in a child protection application?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of Haldimand and Norfolk v. J.A.M.-F., 2011 ONCJ 53 (CanLII):
[40] In Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing and Parry Sound v. Sandra P., supra, the prima facie requirement for standard of proof was adopted without further comment.
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