N.B. v. G.L. (1989), 96 N.B.R.(2d) 181 (FD);
96 R.N.-B.(2e) 181; 243 A.P.R. 181
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Minister of Health and Community Services (applicant) v. G.L. and R.A. (respondents)
(FDB/287/88)
Indexed As: Nouveau-Brunswick (Ministre de la Santé et des Services communautaires) v. G.L. et R.A.
New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench
Family Division
Judicial District of Bathurst
Boisvert, J.
February 6, 1989.
Summary:
The Minister of Health and Community Services applied for a six month custody order with respect to the child, M.L. The Minister also applied for a guardianship order regarding another child, M.L.
The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, Family Division, allowed both applications.
Guardian and Ward – Topic 815
Public trustee or guardian – Appointment – Child in need of protection – Considerations and best interests of child – The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, Family Division, considered the best interests of two children, granting to the Minister of Health and Community Services a six month custody order with respect to one child and a guardianship order with respect to the other – The children were thus separated from their mother who had proved incapable of taking care of them.
Cases Noticed:
New Brunswick (Minister of Social Services) v. G.C.C., [1988] 1 S.C.R. 1073; 85 N.R. 10; 85 N.B.R.(2d) 252; 217 A.P.R. 252, folld. [para. 20].
Statutes Noticed:
Family Services Act, S.N.B. 1980, c. F-2.2, sect. 1 [para. 19].
Counsel:
J. George Chiasson, for the applicant;
Kathryn E. Racine, for the respondent, G.L.
This case was heard on December 13, 1988, and on January 25 and 26, 1989, by Boisvert, J., of the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench, Family Division.
Boisvert, J., delivered the following decision on February 6, 1989.
