2022 QCCQ 5343, 2022 QCCQ 5343

Protection de la jeunesse — 223792 2022 QCCQ 5343 COURT OF QUÉBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC DISTRICT OF […] COMUNITY OF […] Youth Division N° : 650-51-000760-228 DATE : June 8, 2022 ______________________________________________________________________ BY THE HONOURABLE VICKY LAPIERRE, J.C.Q. ______________________________________________________________________ X, ([…[]) Child [SOCIAL WORKER 1], authorized person as revisor for the Director o Youth Protection, Applicant and A Mother and B Father and C Appointed as a tutor and PUBLIC CURATOR OF QUEBEC Impleaded Party ______________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT ON APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED AS A TUTOR

Section 70.1 and 75 of the Youth Protection Act . (R.S.Q. c. P-34.1) ______________________________________________________________________ WARNING : The Youth Protection Act forbids the publishing of broadcasting of information allowing for 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 9.2 et 9.3 et 135 Y.P.A.). ____________________________________________________________________________________ [ 1 ] In accordance with the requirements of

section 90 of the Youth Protection Act , the court hereby confirms and gives the reasons for the decision rendered from the bench at the hearing held on June 8, 2022. [ 2 ] The court is seized of an application to appoint a tutor to the child, presented by the director of youth protection (DYP). Question in litigation [ 3 ] Is it in the best interest of the child that C be appointed as a tutor for him? Context and analysis [ 4 ] The child is entrusted to C since 2019. In fact, C is part of the child’s life since his birth. [ 5 ] C is a good caregiver and responses to all the child’s needs.

He is from the […] community, as the child is. Even though they live in the Town A area, he keeps the child in contact with is first nation culture.

[ 6 ] Two of the child’s brothers also live in the Town A area and the child has frequent contacts with them. [ 7 ] C considers the child as his own. [ 8 ] The child’s situation is evolving positively with C as a caregiver. He is happy with his new school. He made new friends and he participates to many sports activities. [ 9 ] The parents live with long-term challenges. The mother has drug and alcohol addiction. The father does not participate to the follow-up with DYP. Neither parent has regular contact with the child.

Consequently, the parents can’t assume their parental responsibilities. [ 10 ] After taking into consideration the evidence, the Court finds that the evidence confirms that it is in the best interest of the child that C be appointed as a tutor for him. THEREFORE AND FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT: [ 11 ] GRANTS the application; [ 12 ] APPOINTS C as a tutor for the child, X; [ 13 ] ENTRUSTS the child, X, to his tutor; [ 14 ] THE WHOLE, without costs. __________________________________ Vicky Lapierre, j.c.Q.

M e Lyne Monger Attorney for the Applicant Legal Department of the CISSS A M e Chantal Gaudreau Child’s lawyer Centre communautaire juridique A Date of hearing : June 8, 2022