Is there sufficient guarantee of reliability in the records of a children’s aid society?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. N.C., 2012 ONCJ 309 (CanLII):
[38] Regarding reliability, sufficient guarantees of reliability are illustrated by the mandatory nature of the record-keeping, the mandatory requirements of third party professionals to report concerns to children’s aid societies, and the availability of the maternal grandmother to respond to this evidence in her evidence. CAST v. CM, CH, PH, supra, para. 20. The maternal grandmother is a party and will be a witness at the trial, and will have the opportunity to comment on or refute the evidence contained in the records.
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