2020 QCCQ 1541, 2020 QCCQ 1541

Adoption — 2098 2020 QCCQ 1541 COURT OF QUÉBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC DISTRICT OF […] TOWN OF […] Youth Division No: 614-43-000009-199 DATE: January 7, 2020 ______________________________________________________________________ BY THE HONOURABLE LUCIE GODIN, J.C.Q. ______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SITUATION OF: X Born on […], 2009 ______________________________________________________________________ MRS. [SOCIAL WORKER 1], Youth Protection worker, duly authorized by the Director of Youth Protection A, working in [...] Applicant -and- MRS. A AND MR.

B, residing and domiciled at […] in […] Applicant-Adopters ______________________________________________________________________ ORDER OF PLACEMENT (Sec. 566 & following C.C.Q. and 432 & following C.P.C.) ______________________________________________________________________ WARNING: The judicial files respecting the adoption of a child are confidential and no information that would allow the identification of the child, his parents, his tutor or the adopters may be published or broadcast, except as required by law (sections 12 to 16 C.C.P. and 582 C.C.Q.). [ 1 ] The Director of Youth Protection (the Director) has authorized [Social Worker 1], the applicant, to submit a motion for an order of placement for the child, X, with Mrs.

A and Mr. B. [ 2 ] The evidence reveals the following facts. [ 3 ] The child was born on […], 2009, she is now 10 years and 2 months old. [ 4 ] The applicant-adopters have been the foster family of the child for more than seven years, assuming the care, maintenance and education of X. [ 5 ] They are both of full age. [ 6 ] On November 8, 2013, a judgment was rendered entrusting the child with the applicant-adopters until her age of majority. [ 7 ] On May 21, 2019, a judgment was rendered declaring the child eligible for adoption. [ 8 ] On November 21, 2019, Mrs.

C, foster home team leader, signed a foster-assessment report in which she concludes that the applicants have been the foster parents ever since the child was a baby.

They are dedicated in providing a good and a well-structured home for the child. [ 9 ] She strongly recommends that the applicants be recognized as foster parents and the possibility of adoption for the child where she can continue to grow in a safe environment with the family. [ 10 ] The child has been raised by the foster parents, she considers them as her parents. [ 11 ] During a short period of time, even though the child was living with her father the applicants remained committed to her. [ 12 ] They always provided for her basic needs. [ 13 ] The DYP supports the adoption of the child by the applicants.

[ 14 ] The child agrees with her adoption, she signed a consent and testified that she strongly wishes to be adopted by the applicants that she considers as her parents. [ 15 ] The motion is well founded in fact and in law. [ 16 ] Therefore, the Court concludes that it is in the best interest of the child to grant the motion and to order her placement with Mrs. A and Mr. B. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT: [ 17 ] GRANTS the motion; [ 18 ] ORDERS the placement of the child with Mrs. A and Mr.

B; [ 19 ] ACKNOWLEDGES that it is of the intention of the applicant-adopters that during the period of the placement, the child be known as: X ; [ 20 ] REDUCES the placement period from six months to three months; [ 21 ] ENTRUSTS the applicant-adopters with parental authority during the period of the placement. Signed in __________, on January __2020 __________________________________ LUCIE GODIN, J.C.Q. M e Magdalena Lempicka Health and Social Services A Lawyer for the DYP Date of hearing: January 7, 2020