What is the case law around middle class standards of care for young mothers?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children and Family Services for York Region v. S.P., 2019 ONSC 4610 (CanLII):
In Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. J.O.1, Sherr J. noted, at para. 17: It is important not to judge a parent by a middle-class yardstick, one that imposes unrealistic and unfair middle-class standards of child care upon a young mother, provided that the standard used is not contrary to the child’s best interests. Analysis
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