2014 QCCQ 13451, 2014 QCCQ 13451

Protection de la jeunesse — 141982 2014 QCCQ 13451 COURT OF QUÉBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC DISTRICT OF [...] TOWN OF [...] Youth Division No: 640-41-001329-108 DATE: March 25, 2014 ______________________________________________________________________ BY THE HONOURABLE MARC OUIMETTE, J.C.Q. ______________________________________________________________________ [SOCIAL WORKER 1], youth protection worker, duly authorized by the Director of Youth Protection of the A C.Y.P.C., working in […] Applicant and X, born on […], 1997 Adolescent and A Mother ______________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT ( sections 95 ( par. 1) and 75 , Youth Protection Act , CQLR, c.

P-34.1) ______________________________________________________________________ WARNING: The Youth Protection Act forbids the publishing or broadcasting of information allowing a child or the child’s parents to be identified. Any person who contravenes this provision commits an offence and is liable to a fine (sections 11.2, 11.2.1 and 135 Y.P.A.). [ 1 ] The Director of Youth Protection applied, under

section 95 of the Youth Protection Act , [1] for the review of a decision rendered on July 31, 2013, by Lise Gagnon J.C.Q. [ 2 ] At the hearing, the youth and the mother were present and were assisted by counsel. [ 3 ] The mother made admissions on the allegations. She believes that her daughter needs help and she agreed with Youth Protection’s recommendations. [ 4 ] Youth Protection was also asking for placement of the mother's two youngest children. Charges are pending against the mother and she is under the condition to live in A CITY. [ 5 ] X is now seventeen years old.

She will turn eighteen in eleven months. She needs to develop her autonomy. She will have to make important decisions for her future. [ 6 ] X tried to commit suicide twice in August 2013 and, in January, she punched and broke a window and cut herself as a result, and was found with shoe laces around her neck. [ 7 ] X is trying to accept her difficult family reality. [ 8 ] It is in the best interest of the youth that she stay at A Centre until her majority.

X requires a high level of supervision. [ 9 ] FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT: [ 10 ] GRANTS the motion; [ 11 ] REVISES the decision or order rendered on July 31, 2013; [ 12 ] DECLARES that X’s security and development are still in danger; [ 13 ] ORDERS that X be placed in a rehabilitation centre until her majority; [ 14 ] ORDERS that X continue to receive psychological support;

[ 15 ] ORDERS that Ms.

A take concrete steps to address her different struggles in order to improve her lifestyle; [ 16 ] ORDERS that contact between the youth and her family be determined and supervised by Youth Protection as to terms, frequency and degree of supervision; [ 17 ] ORDERS that a person working for an institution or body provide aid, counselling and assistance to the adolescent and her family; [ 18 ] ORDERS that the police cooperate in the execution of this order; [ 19 ] ENTRUSTS the situation of the adolescent, X, to the Director of Youth Protection of the A C.Y.P.C., who shall then see that the measures are carried out. __________________________________ MARC OUIMETTE, J.C.Q.

Mtre. Robert-André Adam Cain Lamarre Casgrain Wells Counsel for the applicant Mtre. Marie Claude De Gagné Counsel for the adolescent Mtre. Angèle Tommasel Counsel for the mother Date of hearing: February 7, 2014