Does the CFSA s. 50 exception to hearsay rule?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Halton Children’s Aid Society v. M.M., 2017 ONCJ 569 (CanLII):
see Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. D.S., [2013] O.J. No. 4555 (OCJ) at par. 24. There Sherr J. writes of CFSA s. 50 being an exception to the hearsay rule that allows the admission of reliable evidence.
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