2019 QCCQ 19341, 2019 QCCQ 19341

Protection de la jeunesse — 198178 2019 QCCQ 19341 COURT OF QUEBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DISTRICT […] TOWN […] “Youth Division” No.: 650-41-003159-197 DATE: October 2, 2019 PRESIDING THE HONOURABLE LOUISE GALLANT, J.Q.C. In the case of: X Child and [SOCIAL WORKER 1] Person authorized by the Director of Youth Protection Applicant and A Mother and B Father JUDGMENT WARNING: The Youth Protection Act prohibits the publication or broadcast of information allowing a child or the child’s parents to be identified.

Every person who contravenes this provision is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine (sections 11.2, 11.2.1 and 135 Y.P.A.). [ 1 ] The Court hereby confirms and gives reasons in writing for the decision rendered from the bench on October 2, 2018, on an application for protection regarding X (10 years old) . [ 2 ] On January 26, 2019, the parents agreed to voluntary measures with the Director of Youth Protection concerning their child which, among other things, entrusted the child to her grandfather C and ordered the parents to actively participate in voluntary measures to end the situation of endangerment. [ 3 ] Since then, the child’s needs have been met by her grandfather. [ 4 ] The child is doing well at school and she feels safe with her grandfather. [ 5 ] The father does not have much contact with his daughter because he lives in Town A.

When the child is in Town A, she has contact with her father, such as on the weekend of June1. [ 6 ] The mother has drug and alcohol addictions, so she cannot assume her parental responsibilities for the moment. She began follow-up care for her addictions and different needs with [Social Worker 2], but she missed some appointments. [ 7 ] X attends School A and is doing well. She is cheerful, playful and endearing. She feels good and safe at her grandfather's house.

However, contact with her mother can sometimes make her sad and disruptive, as for example when the latter makes denigrating remarks about her grandfather. She had a good time with her mother at her grandmother's home and the relationship was harmonious. However, she worries about having to leave her grandfather. [7] The Court concludes that the child’s security and development is in danger because she is at serious risk of neglect because of her mother’s addictions. [ 8 ] The application, to which the parties consent, is in the best interests of the child, and therefore should be granted.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT: GRANTS the present application; DECLARES that the security and the development of the child is in danger; ENTRUSTS the child to her grandfather, Mr.

C, for a period of six months; ORDERS that a person working for an institution or body provides aid, counselling and assistance to the child and the child’s family for the same period; ORDERS that the parents actively participate with the ordered measures such as participation in addiction follow-up care; ORDERS the mother to be sober during contact with the child; ENTRUSTS the situation of the child to the Director of Youth Protection for the execution of the present order. LOUISE GALLANT, J.Q.C.

Mtre Lyne Monger Attorney for the Youth Protection Mtre Chantal Gaudreau Attorney for the child Mtre Marie-Josée Bernier Attorney for the mother Date of hearing: October 2, 2019