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Child and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c C.11

  • 1(1) Paramount purpose
    s. 1(1)
  • 1(2) Other purposes
    s. 1(2)
  • 2(1) French language services
    s. 2(1)
  • 2(2) Duties of service providers
    s. 2(2)
  • Interpretation
    s. 3
    • 3(1) Definitions
      s. 3(1)
    • 3(2) Interpretation, “parent”
      s. 3(2)
    • 3(3) Child’s community
      s. 3(3)
  • Consents and Participation in Agreements
    s. 4
    • 4(1) Consents and agreements
      s. 4(1)
    • 4(2) Elements of valid consent or agreement, etc.
      s. 4(2)
    • 4(3) Where person lacks capacity
      s. 4(3)
    • 4(4) Exception
      s. 4(4)
    • 4(5) Consent, etc., of minor
      s. 4(5)
  • PART I — FLEXIBLE SERVICES
    s. 5
    • Directors and Program Supervisors
      s. 5
      • 5(1) Appointment of Director
        s. 5(1)
      • 5(2) Appointment of program supervisor
        s. 5(2)
      • 5(3) Limitations, etc., on appointments
        s. 5(3)
      • 5(4) Remuneration and expenses
        s. 5(4)
      • 5(5) Reports and information
        s. 5(5)
      • 6(1) Powers of program supervisor
        s. 6(1)
      • 6(2) Offence
        s. 6(2)
      • 6(3) Idem
        s. 6(3)
      • 6(4) Regulations re exercise of power of entry
        s. 6(4)
    • Approvals and Funding
      s. 7
      • 7(1) Provision of services directly or by purchase
        s. 7(1)
      • 7(2) Grants and contributions for services, consultation, etc.
        s. 7(2)
      • 8(1) Approval of agencies
        s. 8(1)
      • 8(2) Funding for establishment of services
        s. 8(2)
      • 8(3) Financial assistance, etc.
        s. 8(3)
      • 8(4) Effective date
        s. 8(4)
      • 9(1) Approval of premises for provision of services
        s. 9(1)
      • 9(2) Approval may relate to all or part of building, etc.
        s. 9(2)
      • 9(3) Effective date
        s. 9(3)
      • 10(1) Terms and conditions
        s. 10(1)
      • 10(2) Duty of Director
        s. 10(2)
      • 10(3) Transfer of assets
        s. 10(3)
      • 10(4) Services to persons over eighteen
        s. 10(4)
      • 11 Co-ordinating or advisory groups
        s. 11
      • 12 Security for payment of funds
        s. 12
      • 13(1) Approved agency
        s. 13(1)
      • 13(2) Idem
        s. 13(2)
      • 13(3) Band or native community representatives
        s. 13(3)
      • 13(4) Employee may not sit on board
        s. 13(4)
      • 14 Placements must comply with Act and regulations
        s. 14
    • Children’s Aid Societies
      s. 15
      • 15(1) Children’s Aid Society
        s. 15(1)
      • 15(2) Designation of children’s aid society
        s. 15(2)
      • 15(3) Functions of society
        s. 15(3)
      • 15(4) Prescribed standards, etc.
        s. 15(4)
      • 15(6) Protection from personal liability
        s. 15(6)
      • 16 Appointment of local director
        s. 16
      • 17 Duties of Director with respect to societies
        s. 17
      • 18 Designation of places of safety
        s. 18
      • 19(1) Financial provisions
        s. 19(1)
      • 19(2) Payments by Minister
        s. 19(2)
      • 19(4) How society’s estimates determined
        s. 19(4)
      • 19(6) Manner of payment
        s. 19(6)
      • 20(1) Local board
        s. 20(1)
      • 20(2) Society deemed to be a local board
        s. 20(2)
      • 20.1 Directives to societies
        s. 20.1
      • 20.2(1) Resolution of issues by prescribed method of alternative dispute resolution
        s. 20.2(1)
      • 20.2(2) Where child is Indian or native person
        s. 20.2(2)
      • 20.2(3) Children’s Lawyer
        s. 20.2(3)
      • 20.2(4) Notice to band, native community
        s. 20.2(4)
    • Agreements with other Governments
      s. 21
      • 21 Minister may make agreements with other governments
        s. 21
    • Revocation and Take-Over Powers
      s. 22
      • 22(1) Powers of Minister
        s. 22(1)
      • 22(2) Notice of proposal
        s. 22(2)
      • 22(3) Request for hearing
        s. 22(3)
      • 22(4) Where agency does not request hearing
        s. 22(4)
      • 22(5) Hearing
        s. 22(5)
      • 22(6) Procedure
        s. 22(6)
      • 22(7) Report to Minister
        s. 22(7)
      • 22(8) Minister’s decision
        s. 22(8)
      • 22(9) Provisional suspension
        s. 22(9)
      • 23(1) Minister’s order to cease activity
        s. 23(1)
      • 23(2) Notice of proposal
        s. 23(2)
      • 23(3) Where order may be made immediately
        s. 23(3)
      • 24(1) Minister has powers of board
        s. 24(1)
      • 24(2) Idem
        s. 24(2)
      • 24(3) Occupation and operation of premises
        s. 24(3)
      • 24(4) Maximum period
        s. 24(4)
    • Offences
      s. 25
      • 25 Offence
        s. 25
  • PART II — VOLUNTARY ACCESS TO SERVICES
    s. 26
    • 26 Definitions
      s. 26
    • Consents
      s. 27
      • 27(1) Consent to service: person 16 or older
        s. 27(1)
      • 27(2) Consent to residential service: child under 16 or in society’s care
        s. 27(2)
      • 27(3) Exception — Part IV
        s. 27(3)
      • 27(4) Discharge from residential placement
        s. 27(4)
      • 27(5) Transfer to another placement
        s. 27(5)
      • 27(6) Child’s wishes
        s. 27(6)
      • 28 Counselling service: child twelve or older
        s. 28
    • Temporary Care Agreements
      s. 29
      • 29(1) Temporary care agreement
        s. 29(1)
      • 29(2) Child’s age
        s. 29(2)
      • 29(3) Exception: developmental disability
        s. 29(3)
      • 29(4) Duty of society
        s. 29(4)
      • 29(5) Term of agreement limited
        s. 29(5)
      • 29(6) Time limit
        s. 29(6)
      • 29(6.1) Same
        s. 29(6.1)
      • 29(6.2) Previous periods to be counted
        s. 29(6.2)
      • 29(7) Authority to consent to medical treatment may be transferred
        s. 29(7)
      • 29(8) Contents of temporary care agreement
        s. 29(8)
      • 29(9) Designation by advisory committee
        s. 29(9)
      • 29(10) Variation of agreement
        s. 29(10)
    • Special Needs Agreements
      s. 30
      • 30(1) Special needs agreement with society
        s. 30(1)
      • 30(2) Special needs agreement with Minister
        s. 30(2)
      • 30(3) Term to be specified
        s. 30(3)
      • 30(4) s. 29 (7-10) apply
        s. 30(4)
      • 31(1) Society agreements with sixteen and seventeen year olds
        s. 31(1)
      • 31(2) Idem: special needs agreement with Minister
        s. 31(2)
      • 31(3) Contents of agreements
        s. 31(3)
      • 31(4) s. 29 (10) applies
        s. 31(4)
    • Expiry and Termination of Agreements
      s. 32
      • 32 Agreement expires at eighteen
        s. 32
      • 33(1) Notice of termination of agreement
        s. 33(1)
      • 33(2) When notice takes effect
        s. 33(2)
      • 33(3) Return of child, etc., by society
        s. 33(3)
      • 33(4) Idem: Minister
        s. 33(4)
      • 33(5) Idem: expiry of agreement
        s. 33(5)
    • Review by Residential Placement Advisory Committee
      s. 34
      • 34(1) Residential placement review
        s. 34(1)
      • 34(2) Residential placement advisory committees
        s. 34(2)
      • 34(3) Payments, etc., to members
        s. 34(3)
      • 34(4) Duties of committee
        s. 34(4)
      • 34(5) Designation by Director
        s. 34(5)
      • 34(6) Mandatory review by committee
        s. 34(6)
      • 34(7) Discretionary review
        s. 34(7)
      • 34(8) Review to be informal, etc.
        s. 34(8)
      • 34(9) Service providers to assist advisory committee
        s. 34(9)
      • 34(10) What committee shall consider
        s. 34(10)
      • 35(1) Recommendations
        s. 35(1)
      • 35(2) Report of review to Minister
        s. 35(2)
      • 35(3) Recommendation for less restrictive service
        s. 35(3)
      • 35(4) Additional reports at Minister’s request
        s. 35(4)
      • 36(1) Review by Child and Family Services Review Board
        s. 36(1)
      • 36(2) Duty of Board
        s. 36(2)
      • 36(3) Idem
        s. 36(3)
      • 36(4) Parties
        s. 36(4)
      • 36(5) Time for determination
        s. 36(5)
      • 36(6) Board’s recommendation
        s. 36(6)
  • PART III — CHILD PROTECTION
    s. 37
    • 37(1) Interpretation
      s. 37(1)
    • 37(2) Child in need of protection
      s. 37(2)
    • 37(3) Best interests of child
      s. 37(3)
    • 37(4) Where child an Indian or native person
      s. 37(4)
    • 37(5) Place of safety
      s. 37(5)
    • 37.1(1) Society agreements with 16 and 17 year olds
      s. 37.1(1)
    • 37.1(2) Same
      s. 37.1(2)
    • 37.1(3) Term of agreement
      s. 37.1(3)
    • 37.1(4) Previous or current involvement with society not a bar to agreement
      s. 37.1(4)
    • 37.1(5) Notice of termination of agreement
      s. 37.1(5)
    • 37.1(6) Agreement expires at 18
      s. 37.1(6)
    • 37.1(7) Current proceedings and orders must be terminated first
      s. 37.1(7)
    • 37.1(8) Representation by Children’s Lawyer
      s. 37.1(8)
    • Legal Representation
      s. 38
      • 38(1) Legal representation of child
        s. 38(1)
      • 38(2) Court to consider issue
        s. 38(2)
      • 38(3) Direction for legal representation
        s. 38(3)
      • 38(4) Criteria
        s. 38(4)
      • 38(5) Where parent a minor
        s. 38(5)
    • Parties and Notice
      s. 39
      • 39(1) Parties
        s. 39(1)
      • 39(2) Director to be added
        s. 39(2)
      • 39(3) Right to participate
        s. 39(3)
      • 39(4) Child twelve or older
        s. 39(4)
      • 39(5) Child under twelve
        s. 39(5)
      • 39(6) Child’s participation
        s. 39(6)
      • 39(7) Dispensing with notice
        s. 39(7)
    • Commencing Child Protection Proceedings
      s. 40
      • 40(1) Application
        s. 40(1)
      • 40(2) Warrant to apprehend child
        s. 40(2)
      • 40(3) Idem
        s. 40(3)
      • 40(4) Order to produce or apprehend child
        s. 40(4)
      • 40(5) Child’s name, location not required
        s. 40(5)
      • 40(6) Authority to enter, etc.
        s. 40(6)
      • 40(7) Apprehension without warrant
        s. 40(7)
      • 40(8) Police assistance
        s. 40(8)
      • 40(9) Consent to examine child
        s. 40(9)
      • 40(10) Place of open temporary detention
        s. 40(10)
      • 40(11) Right of entry, etc.
        s. 40(11)
      • 40(12) Regulations re power of entry
        s. 40(12)
      • 40(13) Peace officer has powers of child protection worker
        s. 40(13)
      • 40(14) Protection from personal liability
        s. 40(14)
      • 40.1(1) Exception, 16 or 17 year old brought to place of safety or apprehended with consent
        s. 40.1(1)
      • 40.1(2) Temporary or final supervision order
        s. 40.1(2)
    • Special Cases of Apprehension of Children
      s. 41
      • 41(1) Warrant to apprehend child in care
        s. 41(1)
      • 41(2) Idem
        s. 41(2)
      • 41(3) No need to specify premises
        s. 41(3)
      • 41(4) Apprehension of child in care without warrant
        s. 41(4)
      • 41(5) Apprehension of child absent from place of open temporary detention
        s. 41(5)
      • 41(6) Idem
        s. 41(6)
      • 42(1) Apprehension of child under twelve
        s. 42(1)
      • 42(2) Notice to parent, etc.
        s. 42(2)
      • 42(3) Where child not returned to parent, etc., within twelve hours
        s. 42(3)
      • 43(1) Runaways
        s. 43(1)
      • 43(2) Warrant to apprehend runaway child
        s. 43(2)
      • 43(3) Idem
        s. 43(3)
      • 43(4) Notice to parent, etc.
        s. 43(4)
      • 43(5) Where child not returned to parent within twelve hours
        s. 43(5)
      • 43(6) Where custody enforcement proceedings more appropriate
        s. 43(6)
      • 43(7) No need to specify premises
        s. 43(7)
      • 43(8) Child protection proceedings
        s. 43(8)
    • Power of Entry and Other Provisions for Special Cases of Apprehension
      s. 44
      • 44(1) Authority to enter, etc.
        s. 44(1)
      • 44(2) Right of entry, etc.
        s. 44(2)
      • 44(3) Regulations re power of entry
        s. 44(3)
      • 44(4) Police assistance
        s. 44(4)
      • 44(5) Consent to examine child
        s. 44(5)
      • 44(6) Place of open temporary detention
        s. 44(6)
      • 44(7) Protection from personal liability
        s. 44(7)
    • Hearings and Orders
      s. 45
      • 45(1) Rules re hearings
        s. 45(1)
      • 45(2) Application
        s. 45(2)
      • 45(3) Hearings separate from criminal proceedings
        s. 45(3)
      • 45(4) Hearings private unless court orders otherwise
        s. 45(4)
      • 45(5) Media representatives
        s. 45(5)
      • 45(6) Idem
        s. 45(6)
      • 45(7) Order excluding media representatives or prohibiting publication
        s. 45(7)
      • 45(8) Prohibition: identifying child
        s. 45(8)
      • 45(9) Idem: order re adult
        s. 45(9)
      • 45(10) Transcript
        s. 45(10)
      • 46(1) Time of detention limited
        s. 46(1)
      • 46(2) Idem: place of open temporary detention
        s. 46(2)
      • 46.1 Time in place of safety limited, 16 or 17 years old
        s. 46.1
      • 47(1) Child protection hearing
        s. 47(1)
      • 47(2) Child’s name, age, etc.
        s. 47(2)
      • 48(1) Territorial jurisdiction
        s. 48(1)
      • 48(2) Place of hearing
        s. 48(2)
      • 48(3) Transfer of proceeding
        s. 48(3)
      • 48(4) Orders affecting society
        s. 48(4)
      • 49 Power of court
        s. 49
      • 50(1) Past conduct toward children
        s. 50(1)
      • 50(2) Evidence re disposition not admissible before finding
        s. 50(2)
      • 51(1) Adjournments
        s. 51(1)
      • 51(2) Custody during adjournment
        s. 51(2)
      • 51(3) Criteria
        s. 51(3)
      • 51(3.1) Placement with relative, etc.
        s. 51(3.1)
      • 51(3.2) Terms and conditions in order
        s. 51(3.2)
      • 51(4) Application of s. 62
        s. 51(4)
      • 51(5) Access
        s. 51(5)
      • 51(6) Power to vary
        s. 51(6)
      • 51(7) Evidence on adjournments
        s. 51(7)
      • 51.1 Use of prescribed methods of alternative dispute resolution
        s. 51.1
      • 52 Delay: court to fix date
        s. 52
      • 53(1) Reasons, etc.
        s. 53(1)
      • 53(2) Idem
        s. 53(2)
    • Assessments
      s. 54
      • 54(1) Order for assessment
        s. 54(1)
      • 54(1.1) Assessor selected by parties
        s. 54(1.1)
      • 54(1.2) Appointment by court
        s. 54(1.2)
      • 54(1.3) Same
        s. 54(1.3)
      • 54(1.4) Regulations
        s. 54(1.4)
      • 54(2) Report
        s. 54(2)
      • 54(3) Copies of report
        s. 54(3)
      • 54(4) Child under twelve
        s. 54(4)
      • 54(5) Child twelve or older
        s. 54(5)
      • 54(5.1) Conflict
        s. 54(5.1)
      • 54(6) Assessment is evidence
        s. 54(6)
      • 54(7) Inference from refusal
        s. 54(7)
      • 54(8) Report inadmissible
        s. 54(8)
      • 55 Consent order: special requirements
        s. 55
      • 56 Society’s plan for child
        s. 56
      • 57(1) Order where child in need of protection
        s. 57(1)
      • 57(2) Court to inquire
        s. 57(2)
      • 57(3) Less disruptive alternatives preferred
        s. 57(3)
      • 57(4) Community placement to be considered
        s. 57(4)
      • 57(5) Idem: where child an Indian or a native person
        s. 57(5)
      • 57(7) Idem
        s. 57(7)
      • 57(8) Terms and conditions of supervision order
        s. 57(8)
      • 57(9) Where no court order necessary
        s. 57(9)
      • 57(10) No order where child not subject to parental control
        s. 57(10)
      • 57.1(1) Custody order
        s. 57.1(1)
      • 57.1(2) Deemed to be order under Children’s Law Reform Act
        s. 57.1(2)
      • 57.1(3) Restraining order
        s. 57.1(3)
      • 57.1(4) Same
        s. 57.1(4)
      • 57.1(5) Appeal under s. 69
        s. 57.1(5)
      • 57.1(6) Conflict of laws
        s. 57.1(6)
      • 57.1(7) Application of s. 57 (3)
        s. 57.1(7)
      • 57.2 Effect of custody proceedings
        s. 57.2
    • Access
      s. 58
      • 58(1) Access order
        s. 58(1)
      • 58(2) Who may apply
        s. 58(2)
      • 58(3) Notice
        s. 58(3)
      • 58(4) Idem
        s. 58(4)
      • 58(5) Child over sixteen
        s. 58(5)
      • 58(6) Six-month period
        s. 58(6)
      • 58(7) No application where child placed for adoption
        s. 58(7)
      • 59(1) Access: where child removed from person in charge
        s. 59(1)
      • 59(1.1) Access after custody order under s. 57.1
        s. 59(1.1)
      • 59(1.2) Access after supervision order or custody order under s. 65.2 (1)
        s. 59(1.2)
      • 59(2) Termination of access to Crown ward
        s. 59(2)
      • 59(2.1) Access: Crown ward
        s. 59(2.1)
      • 59(3) Termination of access: Crown ward
        s. 59(3)
      • 59(4) Society may permit contact or communication
        s. 59(4)
      • 59.1 Review of access order made concurrently with custody order
        s. 59.1
      • 59.2 Restriction on access order
        s. 59.2
    • Payment Orders
      s. 60
      • 60(1) Order for payment by parent
        s. 60(1)
      • 60(2) Criteria
        s. 60(2)
      • 60(3) Order ends at eighteen
        s. 60(3)
      • 60(4) Power to vary
        s. 60(4)
      • 60(5) Collection by municipality
        s. 60(5)
      • 60(6) Enforcement
        s. 60(6)
    • Society and Crown Wardship
      s. 61
      • 61(1) Placement of wards
        s. 61(1)
      • 61(2) Placement
        s. 61(2)
      • 61(3) Education
        s. 61(3)
      • 61(4) Placement outside or removal from Ontario
        s. 61(4)
      • 61(5) Rights of child, parent and foster parent
        s. 61(5)
      • 61(6) Change of placement
        s. 61(6)
      • 61(7) Notice of proposed removal
        s. 61(7)
      • 61(7.1) Application for review
        s. 61(7.1)
      • 61(8) Board hearing
        s. 61(8)
      • 61(8.1) Where child is Indian or native person
        s. 61(8.1)
      • 61(8.2) Practices and procedures
        s. 61(8.2)
      • 61(8.3) Composition of Board
        s. 61(8.3)
      • 61(8.4) Parties
        s. 61(8.4)
      • 61(8.5) Additional parties
        s. 61(8.5)
      • 61(8.6) Board decision
        s. 61(8.6)
      • 61(8.7) No removal before decision
        s. 61(8.7)
      • 61(9) Where child at risk
        s. 61(9)
      • 61(10) Review of certain placements
        s. 61(10)
      • 61(11) Transitional
        s. 61(11)
      • 62(1) Society ward: consent to medical treatment
        s. 62(1)
      • 62(2) Idem
        s. 62(2)
      • 62(3) Court order
        s. 62(3)
      • 62(4) Consent to child’s marriage
        s. 62(4)
      • 63(1) Crown custodian of Crown wards
        s. 63(1)
      • 63(2) Society custodian of society wards
        s. 63(2)
      • 63.1 Society’s obligation to a Crown ward
        s. 63.1
    • Review
      s. 64
      • 64(1) Status review
        s. 64(1)
      • 64(2) Society to seek status review
        s. 64(2)
      • 64(3) Application of cl. (2) (a) and (c)
        s. 64(3)
      • 64(4) Others may seek status review
        s. 64(4)
      • 64(5) Notice
        s. 64(5)
      • 64(6) Six-month period
        s. 64(6)
      • 64(7) Exception
        s. 64(7)
      • 64(8) Interim care and custody
        s. 64(8)
      • 65 Court may vary, etc.
        s. 65
      • 65.1(1) Status review, Crown ward and former Crown wards
        s. 65.1(1)
      • 65.1(2) Society to seek status review
        s. 65.1(2)
      • 65.1(3) Application of cl. (2) (a) and (c)
        s. 65.1(3)
      • 65.1(4) Others may seek status review
        s. 65.1(4)
      • 65.1(5) When leave to apply required
        s. 65.1(5)
      • 65.1(6) Notice
        s. 65.1(6)
      • 65.1(7) Six-month period
        s. 65.1(7)
      • 65.1(8) Exception
        s. 65.1(8)
      • 65.1(9) No review if child placed for adoption
        s. 65.1(9)
      • 65.1(10) Interim care and custody
        s. 65.1(10)
      • 65.2(1) Court order
        s. 65.2(1)
      • 65.2(2) Variation, etc.
        s. 65.2(2)
      • 65.2(3) Same
        s. 65.2(3)
      • 65.2(4) Terms and conditions of supervision order
        s. 65.2(4)
      • 65.2(5) Access
        s. 65.2(5)
      • 65.2(6) Custody proceeding
        s. 65.2(6)
      • 65.2(7) Rights and responsibilities
        s. 65.2(7)
      • 66(1) Director’s annual review of Crown wards
        s. 66(1)
      • 66(2) Idem
        s. 66(2)
      • 67(1) Investigation by judge
        s. 67(1)
      • 67(2) Application of Public Inquiries Act, 2009
        s. 67(2)
      • 68(1) Complaint to society
        s. 68(1)
      • 68(2) Complaint review procedure
        s. 68(2)
      • 68(3) Available to public
        s. 68(3)
      • 68(4) Society’s decision
        s. 68(4)
      • 68(5) Application for review by Board
        s. 68(5)
      • 68(6) Review by Board
        s. 68(6)
      • 68(7) Composition of Board
        s. 68(7)
      • 68(8) Hearing optional
        s. 68(8)
      • 68(9) Non-application
        s. 68(9)
      • 68(10) Board decision
        s. 68(10)
      • 68(11) Notice of disagreement
        s. 68(11)
      • 68(12) No review if matter within purview of court
        s. 68(12)
      • 68(13) Transitional
        s. 68(13)
      • 68.1(1) Complaint to Board
        s. 68.1(1)
      • 68.1(2) Notice to society
        s. 68.1(2)
      • 68.1(3) Complaint to Board
        s. 68.1(3)
      • 68.1(4) Matters for Board review
        s. 68.1(4)
      • 68.1(5) Review by Board
        s. 68.1(5)
      • 68.1(6) Application
        s. 68.1(6)
      • 68.1(7) Board decision
        s. 68.1(7)
      • 68.1(8) No review if matter within purview of court
        s. 68.1(8)
    • Appeals
      s. 69
      • 69(1) Appeal
        s. 69(1)
      • 69(2) Exception
        s. 69(2)
      • 69(3) Care and custody pending appeal
        s. 69(3)
      • 69(4) Temporary order
        s. 69(4)
      • 69(5) No extension where child placed for adoption
        s. 69(5)
      • 69(6) Further evidence
        s. 69(6)
      • 69(7) Place of hearing
        s. 69(7)
      • 69(8) s. 45 applies
        s. 69(8)
    • Expiry of Orders
      s. 70
      • 70(1) Time limit
        s. 70(1)
      • 70(2) Same
        s. 70(2)
      • 70(2.1) Previous periods to be counted
        s. 70(2.1)
      • 70(3) Idem
        s. 70(3)
      • 70(4) Six-month extension
        s. 70(4)
      • 71 Expiry of orders
        s. 71
    • Extended Care
      s. 71.1
      • 71.1(1) Extended care
        s. 71.1(1)
      • 71.1(1.1) Same
        s. 71.1(1.1)
      • 71.1(2) Same, Indian and native person
        s. 71.1(2)
      • 71.1(3) Same, prescribed support services
        s. 71.1(3)
      • 71.1(4) Resuming receipt
        s. 71.1(4)
      • 71.1(5) Same
        s. 71.1(5)
    • Duty to Report
      s. 72
      • 72(1) Duty to report child in need of protection
        s. 72(1)
      • 72(2) Ongoing duty to report
        s. 72(2)
      • 72(3) Person must report directly
        s. 72(3)
      • 72(3.1) Duty to report does not apply to older children
        s. 72(3.1)
      • 72(4) Offence
        s. 72(4)
      • 72(5) Same
        s. 72(5)
      • 72(6) Same
        s. 72(6)
      • 72(6.1) Same
        s. 72(6.1)
      • 72(6.2) Same
        s. 72(6.2)
      • 72(7) Section overrides privilege
        s. 72(7)
      • 72(8) Exception: solicitor client privilege
        s. 72(8)
      • 72(9) Conflict
        s. 72(9)
      • 72.1(1) Duty of society
        s. 72.1(1)
      • 72.1(2) Definition
        s. 72.1(2)
      • 72.2 Duty to report child’s death
        s. 72.2
    • Review Teams
      s. 73
      • 73(1) Review team
        s. 73(1)
      • 73(2) Same
        s. 73(2)
      • 73(3) Chair
        s. 73(3)
      • 73(4) Duty of team
        s. 73(4)
      • 73(5) Disclosure to team permitted
        s. 73(5)
      • 73(6) Subsection overrides privilege
        s. 73(6)
      • 73(7) Where child not to be returned without review or hearing
        s. 73(7)
    • Court-Ordered Access to Records
      s. 74
      • 74(1) Record
        s. 74(1)
      • 74(2) Motion or application, production of record
        s. 74(2)
      • 74(3) Order
        s. 74(3)
      • 74(3.1) Same
        s. 74(3.1)
      • 74(4) Court may examine record
        s. 74(4)
      • 74(5) Information confidential
        s. 74(5)
      • 74(5.1) Conflict
        s. 74(5.1)
      • 74(6) Application: solicitor client privilege excepted
        s. 74(6)
      • 74(7) Matters to be considered by court
        s. 74(7)
      • 74(8) Same
        s. 74(8)
      • 74.1(1) Warrant for access to record
        s. 74.1(1)
      • 74.1(2) Authority conferred by warrant
        s. 74.1(2)
      • 74.1(3) Return of record
        s. 74.1(3)
      • 74.1(4) Admissibility of copies
        s. 74.1(4)
      • 74.1(5) Duration of warrant
        s. 74.1(5)
      • 74.1(6) Execution
        s. 74.1(6)
      • 74.1(7) Solicitor-client privilege
        s. 74.1(7)
      • 74.1(8) Matters to be considered
        s. 74.1(8)
      • 74.1(9) Same
        s. 74.1(9)
      • 74.2(1) Telewarrant
        s. 74.2(1)
      • 74.2(2) Same
        s. 74.2(2)
      • 74.2(3) Warrant to be issued
        s. 74.2(3)
      • 74.2(4) Validity of warrant
        s. 74.2(4)
      • 74.2(5) Application of provisions
        s. 74.2(5)
      • 74.2(6) Definition
        s. 74.2(6)
    • Child Abuse Register
      s. 75
      • 75(1) Register
        s. 75(1)
      • 75(2) Director
        s. 75(2)
      • 75(3) Duty of society
        s. 75(3)
      • 75(4) Protection from liability
        s. 75(4)
      • 75(5) Child abuse register
        s. 75(5)
      • 75(6) Register confidential
        s. 75(6)
      • 75(7) Coroner’s inquest, etc.
        s. 75(7)
      • 75(8) Minister or Director may permit access to register
        s. 75(8)
      • 75(9) Director may disclose information
        s. 75(9)
      • 75(10) Research
        s. 75(10)
      • 75(11) Registered person
        s. 75(11)
      • 75(12) Physician
        s. 75(12)
      • 75(13) Amendment of register
        s. 75(13)
      • 75(14) Register inadmissible: exceptions
        s. 75(14)
      • 76(1) Hearing re registered person
        s. 76(1)
      • 76(2) Notice to registered person
        s. 76(2)
      • 76(3) Request to amend register
        s. 76(3)
      • 76(4) Director’s response
        s. 76(4)
      • 76(5) Delegation
        s. 76(5)
      • 76(6) Procedure
        s. 76(6)
      • 76(7) Hearing
        s. 76(7)
      • 76(8) Director’s decision
        s. 76(8)
      • 76(9) Appeal to Divisional Court
        s. 76(9)
      • 76(10) Hearing private
        s. 76(10)
      • 76(11) Publication
        s. 76(11)
      • 76(12) Record inadmissible: exception
        s. 76(12)
    • Powers of Director
      s. 77
      • 77(1) Director’s power to transfer
        s. 77(1)
      • 77(2) Criteria
        s. 77(2)
    • Homemakers
      s. 78
      • 78(1) Homemaker
        s. 78(1)
      • 78(2) Homemaker may remain on premises
        s. 78(2)
      • 78(3) Homemaker’s authority
        s. 78(3)
      • 78(4) Protection from personal liability
        s. 78(4)
      • 78(5) Notice to person having charge of child
        s. 78(5)
      • 78(6) Court order, etc.
        s. 78(6)
      • 78(7) Extension
        s. 78(7)
    • Offences, Restraining Orders, Recovery on Child’s Behalf
      s. 79
      • 79(1) Definition
        s. 79(1)
      • 79(2) Child abuse
        s. 79(2)
      • 79(3) Leaving child unattended
        s. 79(3)
      • 79(4) Reverse onus
        s. 79(4)
      • 79(5) Allowing child to loiter, etc.
        s. 79(5)
      • 79(6) Police may take child home or to place of safety
        s. 79(6)
      • 79(7) Child protection hearing
        s. 79(7)
      • 80(1) Restraining order
        s. 80(1)
      • 80(2) Idem: notice
        s. 80(2)
      • 80(3) Duration of the order
        s. 80(3)
      • 80(4) Extension, variation and termination
        s. 80(4)
      • 80(5) Idem
        s. 80(5)
      • 80(6) Child in society’s care not to be returned while order in force
        s. 80(6)
      • 81(1) Recovery because of abuse
        s. 81(1)
      • 81(2) Recovery on child’s behalf
        s. 81(2)
      • 81(3) Idem: society
        s. 81(3)
      • 82 Prohibition
        s. 82
      • 83 Offence
        s. 83
      • 84 Offence
        s. 84
      • 85(1) Offences
        s. 85(1)
      • 85(2) Idem
        s. 85(2)
      • 85(3) Idem
        s. 85(3)
    • Child’s Religious Faith
      s. 86
      • 86(1) How child’s religious faith determined
        s. 86(1)
      • 86(2) Child’s wishes to be consulted
        s. 86(2)
      • 86(3) Religious faith of child
        s. 86(3)
      • 86(4) Where only one society
        s. 86(4)
      • 86(5) Director’s discretion re foster placement
        s. 86(5)
    • Injunctions
      s. 87
      • 87(1) Injunction
        s. 87(1)
      • 87(2) Variation, etc.
        s. 87(2)
  • PART IV — youth Justice
    s. 88
    • 88 Definitions
      s. 88
    • Programs and Officers
      s. 89
      • 89(1) Services and programs
        s. 89(1)
      • 89(2) Secure and open temporary detention programs
        s. 89(2)
      • 89(3) Secure custody programs
        s. 89(3)
      • 89(4) Open custody programs
        s. 89(4)
      • 89(5) Where locking up permitted
        s. 89(5)
      • 90(1) Appointments by Minister
        s. 90(1)
      • 90(2) Limitations, etc., on appointments
        s. 90(2)
      • 90(3) Probation officer and bailiff have powers of peace officer
        s. 90(3)
      • 90(3.1) Designation of peace officers
        s. 90(3.1)
      • 90(4) Remuneration and expenses
        s. 90(4)
      • 91 [Repealed]
        s. 91
      • 92 Reports and information
        s. 92
    • Temporary Detention
      s. 93
      • 93(1) Open detention unless provincial director determines otherwise
        s. 93(1)
      • 93(2) Where secure detention available
        s. 93(2)
      • 93(3) Idem
        s. 93(3)
      • 93(4) Idem
        s. 93(4)
      • 93(5) Review by youth justice court
        s. 93(5)
      • 93(6) Same
        s. 93(6)
      • 93(7) Application for return to secure temporary detention
        s. 93(7)
      • 93(8) Same
        s. 93(8)
    • Custody
      s. 94
      • 94(1) Pre-trial detention
        s. 94(1)
      • 94(2) Open custody for provincial offences
        s. 94(2)
      • 94(3) Transfer to place of secure custody
        s. 94(3)
      • 94(4) Concurrent terms
        s. 94(4)
      • 95 Young persons in open custody
        s. 95
    • Custody Review Board
      s. 96
      • 96(1) Custody Review Board
        s. 96(1)
      • 96(2) Members
        s. 96(2)
      • 96(3) Chair and vice-chairs
        s. 96(3)
      • 96(5) Quorum
        s. 96(5)
      • 96(6) Remuneration
        s. 96(6)
      • 96(7) Duties of Board
        s. 96(7)
      • 97(1) Application to Board
        s. 97(1)
      • 97(2) Duty of Board
        s. 97(2)
      • 97(3) Idem
        s. 97(3)
      • 97(4) Procedure
        s. 97(4)
      • 97(5) Idem
        s. 97(5)
      • 97(6) Board’s recommendations
        s. 97(6)
    • Apprehension of Young Persons who are Absent from Custody without Permission
      s. 98
      • 98(1) Apprehension of young person absent from place of temporary detention
        s. 98(1)
      • 98(2) Idem: place of open custody
        s. 98(2)
      • 98(3) Young person to be returned within forty-eight hours
        s. 98(3)
      • 98(4) Warrant to apprehend young person
        s. 98(4)
      • 98(5) Authority to enter, etc.
        s. 98(5)
      • 98(6) Regulations re exercise of power of entry
        s. 98(6)
    • Inspections and Investigations
      s. 98.1
      • 98.1(1) Inspections and investigations
        s. 98.1(1)
      • 98.1(2) Dismissal for cause for obstruction, etc., of inspection
        s. 98.1(2)
  • PART V — RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
    s. 99
    • 99 Definition
      s. 99
    • Locking Up
      s. 100
      • 100(1) Locking up restricted
        s. 100(1)
      • 100(2) Application of subs. (1)
        s. 100(2)
    • Corporal Punishment
      s. 101
      • 101 No corporal punishment
        s. 101
      • 102 [Repealed]
        s. 102
    • Rights of Children in Care
      s. 103
      • 103(1) Rights of communication, etc.
        s. 103(1)
      • 103(2) When child a Crown ward
        s. 103(2)
      • 103(3) Opening, etc., of written communications to child
        s. 103(3)
      • 103(4) Opening, etc., of young person’s written communications
        s. 103(4)
      • 103(5) Definition
        s. 103(5)
      • 103.1(1) Conditions and limitations on visitors
        s. 103.1(1)
      • 103.1(2) Suspending visits in emergencies
        s. 103.1(2)
      • 103.1(3) Limited exception
        s. 103.1(3)
      • 104 Personal liberties
        s. 104
      • 105(1) Plan of care
        s. 105(1)
      • 105(2) Rights to care
        s. 105(2)
      • 106 Parental consent, etc.
        s. 106
      • 107 Right to be heard
        s. 107
      • 108 Right to be informed
        s. 108
    • Complaint and Review Procedures
      s. 109
      • 109(1) Internal complaints procedure
        s. 109(1)
      • 109(2) Idem
        s. 109(2)
      • 110(1) Further review
        s. 110(1)
      • 110(2) Idem
        s. 110(2)
      • 110(3) Procedure
        s. 110(3)
      • 110(4) Powers of appointed person
        s. 110(4)
      • 110(5) Review and report within thirty days
        s. 110(5)
      • 111(1) Minister to advise persons affected of any decision
        s. 111(1)
      • 111(2) Remedies preserved
        s. 111(2)
  • PART VI — EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES
    s. 112
    • 112 Definitions
      s. 112
    • Secure Treatment Programs
      s. 113
      • 113(1) Minister may establish or approve programs
        s. 113(1)
      • 113(2) Terms and conditions
        s. 113(2)
      • 113(3) Admission of children
        s. 113(3)
      • 113(4) Locking up permitted
        s. 113(4)
    • Commitment to Secure Treatment
      s. 114
      • 114(1) Application for order for child’s commitment
        s. 114(1)
      • 114(2) Time for hearing
        s. 114(2)
      • 114(3) Adjournments
        s. 114(3)
      • 114(4) Interim order
        s. 114(4)
      • 114(5) Evidence on adjournments
        s. 114(5)
      • 114(6) Legal representation of child
        s. 114(6)
      • 114(7) Hearing private
        s. 114(7)
      • 114(8) Child entitled to be present
        s. 114(8)
      • 114(9) Court may require child’s presence
        s. 114(9)
      • 115(1) Oral evidence
        s. 115(1)
      • 115(2) Court may hear oral evidence despite consent
        s. 115(2)
      • 115(3) Time limitation
        s. 115(3)
      • 116(1) Assessment
        s. 116(1)
      • 116(2) Report
        s. 116(2)
      • 116(3) Who may not perform assessment
        s. 116(3)
      • 116(4) Copies of report
        s. 116(4)
      • 116(5) Idem
        s. 116(5)
      • 116(6) Court may withhold report from child
        s. 116(6)
      • 117(1) Commitment to secure treatment: criteria
        s. 117(1)
      • 117(2) Where child under twelve
        s. 117(2)
      • 117(3) Additional requirement where applicant is physician
        s. 117(3)
      • 118(1) Period of commitment
        s. 118(1)
      • 118(2) Where society is applicant
        s. 118(2)
      • 118(3) How time calculated
        s. 118(3)
      • 118(4) Where order expires after eighteenth birthday
        s. 118(4)
      • 119(1) Reasons, plans, etc.
        s. 119(1)
      • 119(2) Plan for care on release
        s. 119(2)
    • Extension of Period of Commitment
      s. 120
      • 120(1) Extension
        s. 120(1)
      • 120(2) Idem
        s. 120(2)
      • 120(3) Child may be kept in program while application pending
        s. 120(3)
      • 120(4) ss. 114 (3), (6-9), 115, 116 apply
        s. 120(4)
      • 120(5) Criteria for extension
        s. 120(5)
      • 120(6) Period of extension
        s. 120(6)
    • Release by Administrator
      s. 121
      • 121(1) Unconditional release by administrator
        s. 121(1)
      • 121(2) Conditional release
        s. 121(2)
      • 121(3) Administrator may release despite court order
        s. 121(3)
    • Review of Commitment
      s. 122
      • 122(1) Review of commitment
        s. 122(1)
      • 122(2) ss. 114 (3), (6-9), 115, 116 apply
        s. 122(2)
      • 122(3) Termination of order
        s. 122(3)
      • 122(4) Idem
        s. 122(4)
      • 123 ss. 120 (3-6), 121, 122 apply
        s. 123
    • Emergency Admission
      s. 124
      • 124(1) Emergency admission
        s. 124(1)
      • 124(2) Criteria for admission
        s. 124(2)
      • 124(3) Admission on consent
        s. 124(3)
      • 124(4) Where child under twelve
        s. 124(4)
      • 124(5) Additional requirement where applicant is physician
        s. 124(5)
      • 124(6) Notices required
        s. 124(6)
      • 124(7) Mandatory advice
        s. 124(7)
      • 124(8) Children’s Lawyer to ensure child represented
        s. 124(8)
      • 124(9) Application for review
        s. 124(9)
      • 124(10) Child may be kept in program while application pending
        s. 124(10)
      • 124(11) Procedure
        s. 124(11)
      • 124(12) Time for review
        s. 124(12)
      • 124(13) Order
        s. 124(13)
    • Police Assistance
      s. 125
      • 125(1) Police may take child for secure treatment
        s. 125(1)
      • 125(2) Apprehension of child who leaves
        s. 125(2)
      • 125(3) Period of commitment
        s. 125(3)
    • Secure Isolation
      s. 126
      • 126(1) Director’s approval
        s. 126(1)
      • 126(2) Withdrawal of approval
        s. 126(2)
      • 127(1) Secure isolation
        s. 127(1)
      • 127(2) Secure treatment, secure custody and secure temporary detention
        s. 127(2)
      • 127(3) Criteria for use of secure isolation
        s. 127(3)
      • 127(4) One-hour limit
        s. 127(4)
      • 127(5) Continuous observation of child
        s. 127(5)
      • 127(6) Review
        s. 127(6)
      • 127(7) Release
        s. 127(7)
      • 127(8) Maximum periods
        s. 127(8)
      • 127(9) Exception
        s. 127(9)
      • 128 Review of use of secure isolation
        s. 128
    • Review Teams
      s. 129
      • 129(1) Review team
        s. 129(1)
      • 129(2) Idem
        s. 129(2)
      • 129(3) Panel
        s. 129(3)
      • 129(4) Report to service provider
        s. 129(4)
      • 129(5) Report to Minister
        s. 129(5)
      • 130 [Repealed]
        s. 130
      • 131 [Repealed]
        s. 131
    • Psychotropic Drugs
      s. 132
      • 132(1) Consents required for use of psychotropic drug
        s. 132(1)
      • 132(2) Idem
        s. 132(2)
      • 132(3) Child’s views and preferences
        s. 132(3)
    • Additional Duty of Review Teams
      s. 133
      • 133(1) Review of certain recommended procedures
        s. 133(1)
      • 133(2) Panel to include medical practitioner
        s. 133(2)
      • 133(3) Prohibition
        s. 133(3)
    • Professional Advisory Board
      s. 134
      • 134(1) Professional Advisory Board
        s. 134(1)
      • 134(2) Chair
        s. 134(2)
      • 134(3) Duties of Board
        s. 134(3)
      • 135 Request for review
        s. 135
  • PART VII — ADOPTION
    s. 136
    • 136(1) Interpretation
      s. 136(1)
    • 136(2) Best interests of child
      s. 136(2)
    • 136(3) Where child an Indian or native person
      s. 136(3)
    • Consent to Adoption
      s. 137
      • 137(1) Consents
        s. 137(1)
      • 137(2) Consent of parent, etc.
        s. 137(2)
      • 137(3) Idem
        s. 137(3)
      • 137(4) Idem
        s. 137(4)
      • 137(5) Custody of child
        s. 137(5)
      • 137(6) Consent of person to be adopted
        s. 137(6)
      • 137(7) Idem
        s. 137(7)
      • 137(8) Withdrawal of consent
        s. 137(8)
      • 137(9) Dispensing with person’s consent
        s. 137(9)
      • 137(10) Consent of applicant’s spouse
        s. 137(10)
      • 137(11) Consents by minors: role of Children’s Lawyer
        s. 137(11)
      • 137(12) Affidavits of execution
        s. 137(12)
      • 137(13) Form of foreign consents
        s. 137(13)
      • 138 Dispensing with consent
        s. 138
      • 139(1) Late withdrawal of consent
        s. 139(1)
      • 139(2) Exception: child placed for adoption
        s. 139(2)
    • Placement for Adoption
      s. 140
      • 140 [Repealed]
        s. 140
      • 141(1) Only societies and licensees may place children, etc.
        s. 141(1)
      • 141(2) Only societies, etc., may bring children into Ontario
        s. 141(2)
      • 141(3) Licensee to notify Director of placement
        s. 141(3)
      • 141(4) Director’s approval required
        s. 141(4)
      • 141(5) Designation of licensee
        s. 141(5)
      • 141(6) Placements to be registered
        s. 141(6)
      • 141(7) Idem: Director
        s. 141(7)
      • 141(8) Exception: family adoptions
        s. 141(8)
      • 141.1 Limitation on placement by society
        s. 141.1
      • 141.1.1(1) Adoption planning
        s. 141.1.1(1)
      • 141.1.1(2) Openness
        s. 141.1.1(2)
      • 141.2(1) Where child an Indian or native person
        s. 141.2(1)
      • 141.2(2) Care plan proposed by band or native community
        s. 141.2(2)
      • 141.2(3) Condition for placement
        s. 141.2(3)
      • 142(1) Adoption homestudy
        s. 142(1)
      • 142(2) Director’s approval
        s. 142(2)
      • 142(3) Right to hearing
        s. 142(3)
      • 142(3.1) Application of other sections
        s. 142(3.1)
      • 142(3.2) Extension of time
        s. 142(3.2)
      • 142(3.3) Recording of evidence
        s. 142(3.3)
      • 142(4) Placement outside Canada
        s. 142(4)
      • 142(5) Terms and conditions
        s. 142(5)
      • 142(6) Right to hearing
        s. 142(6)
      • 142(7) Application of other sections
        s. 142(7)
      • 143(1) Access orders terminate
        s. 143(1)
      • 143(2) No interference, etc., with child in placement
        s. 143(2)
    • Decision to Refuse to Place Child or to Remove Child after Placement
      s. 144
      • 144(1) Decision of society or licensee
        s. 144(1)
      • 144(2) Notice of decision
        s. 144(2)
      • 144(3) Application for review
        s. 144(3)
      • 144(4) Where no review
        s. 144(4)
      • 144(5) Board hearing
        s. 144(5)
      • 144(6) Where child is Indian or native person
        s. 144(6)
      • 144(7) Practices and procedures
        s. 144(7)
      • 144(8) Composition of Board
        s. 144(8)
      • 144(9) Parties
        s. 144(9)
      • 144(10) Additional parties
        s. 144(10)
      • 144(11) Board decision
        s. 144(11)
      • 144(12) Subsequent placement
        s. 144(12)
      • 144(13) No removal before Board decision
        s. 144(13)
      • 144(14) Where child at risk
        s. 144(14)
      • 144(15) Transitional
        s. 144(15)
      • 145(1) Notice to Director
        s. 145(1)
      • 145(2) Idem
        s. 145(2)
      • 145(3) Director to review
        s. 145(3)
    • Openness Orders
      s. 145.1
      • 145.1(1) Application for openness order
        s. 145.1(1)
      • 145.1(2) Notice of application
        s. 145.1(2)
      • 145.1(3) Openness order
        s. 145.1(3)
      • 145.1(4) Termination of openness order if Crown wardship terminates
        s. 145.1(4)
      • 145.1.1(1) Notice of intent to place for adoption
        s. 145.1.1(1)
      • 145.1.1(2) Notice
        s. 145.1.1(2)
      • 145.1.1(3) Right to apply for openness order
        s. 145.1.1(3)
      • 145.1.1(4) Method of giving notice
        s. 145.1.1(4)
      • 145.1.1(5) Alternate method
        s. 145.1.1(5)
      • 145.1.1(6) Notice not required
        s. 145.1.1(6)
      • 145.1.2(1) Application for openness order
        s. 145.1.2(1)
      • 145.1.2(2) Notice of application
        s. 145.1.2(2)
      • 145.1.2(3) Condition on placement
        s. 145.1.2(3)
      • 145.1.2(4) Information before placement
        s. 145.1.2(4)
      • 145.1.2(5) Outcome of application
        s. 145.1.2(5)
      • 145.1.2(6) Openness order
        s. 145.1.2(6)
      • 145.1.2(7) Same
        s. 145.1.2(7)
      • 145.1.2(8) Consent of society required
        s. 145.1.2(8)
      • 145.1.2(9) Termination of openness order if Crown wardship terminates
        s. 145.1.2(9)
      • 145.1.2(10) Temporary orders
        s. 145.1.2(10)
      • 145.2(1) Application to vary or terminate openness order
        s. 145.2(1)
      • 145.2(2) Time for making application
        s. 145.2(2)
      • 145.2(3) Notice of application
        s. 145.2(3)
      • 145.2(4) Order to vary openness order
        s. 145.2(4)
      • 145.2(5) Order to terminate openness order
        s. 145.2(5)
      • 145.2(6) Consent of society required
        s. 145.2(6)
      • 145.2(7) Alternative dispute resolution
        s. 145.2(7)
      • 145.2(8) Temporary orders
        s. 145.2(8)
    • Adoption Orders
      s. 146
      • 146(1) Adoption of child
        s. 146(1)
      • 146(2) Family adoption
        s. 146(2)
      • 146(3) Adoption of adult, etc.
        s. 146(3)
      • 146(4) Who may apply
        s. 146(4)
      • 146(5) Residency requirement
        s. 146(5)
      • 147 Where applicant a minor
        s. 147
      • 148 Where order not to be made
        s. 148
      • 149(1) Director’s statement
        s. 149(1)
      • 149(2) Local director may make statement
        s. 149(2)
      • 149(3) Amendment of statement, etc.
        s. 149(3)
      • 149(4) Where recommendation negative
        s. 149(4)
      • 149(5) Report of child’s adjustment
        s. 149(5)
      • 149(6) Family adoptions: court may require statement
        s. 149(6)
      • 150(1) Place of hearing
        s. 150(1)
      • 150(2) Transfer of proceeding
        s. 150(2)
      • 151(1) Hearing in private
        s. 151(1)
      • 151(2) Court files private
        s. 151(2)
      • 151(3) Stale applications
        s. 151(3)
      • 151(4) No right to notice
        s. 151(4)
      • 152(1) Power of court
        s. 152(1)
      • 152(2) Duty of court
        s. 152(2)
      • 152(3) Participation of child
        s. 152(3)
      • 152(4) Participation of adult, etc.
        s. 152(4)
      • 153(1) Change of name
        s. 153(1)
      • 153(1.1) Same
        s. 153(1.1)
      • 153(2) When child’s consent not required
        s. 153(2)
      • 153.1(1) Varying or terminating openness orders after adoption
        s. 153.1(1)
      • 153.1(2) Leave
        s. 153.1(2)
      • 153.1(3) Jurisdiction
        s. 153.1(3)
      • 153.1(4) Notice
        s. 153.1(4)
      • 153.1(5) Child 12 or older
        s. 153.1(5)
      • 153.1(6) Child under 12
        s. 153.1(6)
      • 153.1(7) Order to vary openness order
        s. 153.1(7)
      • 153.1(8) Order to terminate openness order
        s. 153.1(8)
      • 153.1(9) Consent of society required
        s. 153.1(9)
      • 153.1(10) Alternative dispute resolution
        s. 153.1(10)
      • 153.2(1) Appeal of order to vary or terminate openness order
        s. 153.2(1)
      • 153.2(2) Temporary order
        s. 153.2(2)
      • 153.2(3) No time extension
        s. 153.2(3)
      • 153.2(4) Further evidence
        s. 153.2(4)
      • 153.2(5) Place of hearing
        s. 153.2(5)
      • 153.3 Application of s. 151
        s. 153.3
      • 153.4 Child may participate
        s. 153.4
      • 153.5(1) Legal representation of child
        s. 153.5(1)
      • 153.5(2) Children’s Lawyer
        s. 153.5(2)
    • Openness Agreements
      s. 153.6
      • 153.6(1) Who may enter into openness agreement
        s. 153.6(1)
      • 153.6(2) When agreement may be made
        s. 153.6(2)
      • 153.6(3) Agreement may include dispute resolution process
        s. 153.6(3)
      • 153.6(4) Views and wishes of child
        s. 153.6(4)
    • Interim Orders
      s. 154
      • 154(1) Interim order
        s. 154(1)
      • 154(2) Terms and conditions
        s. 154(2)
      • 154(3) Not an adoption order
        s. 154(3)
      • 154(4) Consents required
        s. 154(4)
      • 154(5) Departure from Ontario
        s. 154(5)
      • 155 Successive adoption orders
        s. 155
    • Appeals
      s. 156
      • 156(1) Appeal: adoption order
        s. 156(1)
      • 156(2) Idem: dispensing with consent
        s. 156(2)
      • 156(3) Idem: late withdrawal of consent
        s. 156(3)
      • 156(4) No extension of time for appeal
        s. 156(4)
      • 156(5) Place of hearing
        s. 156(5)
      • 156(6) Hearing in private
        s. 156(6)
    • Effect of Adoption Order
      s. 157
      • 157(1) Order final
        s. 157(1)
      • 157(2) Validity of adoption order not affected by openness order or agreement
        s. 157(2)
      • 158(1) Status of adopted child
        s. 158(1)
      • 158(2) Same
        s. 158(2)
      • 158(3) How relationships determined
        s. 158(3)
      • 158(4) Reference in will or other document
        s. 158(4)
      • 158(5) Application of section
        s. 158(5)
      • 158(6) Exception
        s. 158(6)
      • 159 Effect of foreign adoption
        s. 159
      • 160 No order for access by birth parent, etc.
        s. 160
    • Records, Confidentiality and Disclosure
      s. 161
      • 161 Parent to be informed on request
        s. 161
      • 162(1) Court papers
        s. 162(1)
      • 162(2) Requirement to seal documents
        s. 162(2)
      • 162(3) Transmission of order
        s. 162(3)
      • 162(4) Other court files
        s. 162(4)
      • 162(5) Same
        s. 162(5)
      • 162(6) Definition
        s. 162(6)
      • 162.1(1) Designation of custodians of information
        s. 162.1(1)
      • 162.1(2) Powers and duties
        s. 162.1(2)
      • 162.1(3) Same, disclosure of information
        s. 162.1(3)
      • 162.1(5) Agreements
        s. 162.1(5)
      • 162.2(1) Disclosure to designated custodian
        s. 162.2(1)
      • 162.2(2) Same, adoption orders
        s. 162.2(2)
      • 162.3(1) By the Minister
        s. 162.3(1)
      • 162.3(2) By a society
        s. 162.3(2)
      • 162.3(3) By a licensee
        s. 162.3(3)
      • 162.3(4) By a custodian
        s. 162.3(4)
      • 162.4 Scope of application
        s. 162.4
      • 163
        s. 163
      • 164 [Repealed]
        s. 164
    • Confidentiality of Adoption Records
      s. 165
      • 165(1) Confidentiality of adoption information
        s. 165(1)
      • 165(2) Application
        s. 165(2)
      • 165(5) Privacy
        s. 165(5)
      • 166
        s. 166
      • 167
        s. 167
      • 168 [Repealed]
        s. 168
      • 168.1 [Repealed]
        s. 168.1
      • 169
        s. 169
      • 170
        s. 170
      • 171 [Repealed]
        s. 171
      • 172 [Repealed]
        s. 172
      • 173 [Repealed]
        s. 173
      • 174 [Repealed]
        s. 174
    • Offences
      s. 175
      • 175 No payments for adoption
        s. 175
      • 176(1) Offence
        s. 176(1)
      • 176(2) Idem
        s. 176(2)
      • 176(3) Idem
        s. 176(3)
      • 176(4) Idem
        s. 176(4)
      • 176(5) Limitation period
        s. 176(5)
    • Injunction
      s. 177
      • 177(1) Injunction
        s. 177(1)
      • 177(2) Variation, etc.
        s. 177(2)
  • PART VIII — CONFIDENTIALITY OF AND ACCESS TO RECORDS
    s. 178
    • 178 [Repealed]
      s. 178
    • 179(1) Exceptions
      s. 179(1)
    • 179(2.1) Exception re adoption-related information
      s. 179(2.1)
    • Disclosure of Records
      s. 180
      • 180 [Repealed]
        s. 180
      • 181, 182 [Repealed]
        s. 181, 182
      • 183(1) Disclosure of records of mental disorders
        s. 183(1)
      • 183(2) Disclosure pursuant to summons
        s. 183(2)
      • 183(3) Hearing to be held
        s. 183(3)
      • 183(4) Idem
        s. 183(4)
      • 183(5) Consideration of court
        s. 183(5)
      • 183(6) Order of court
        s. 183(6)
      • 183(6.1) Conflict
        s. 183(6.1)
      • 183(7) Return of record to service provider
        s. 183(7)
      • 184-191 [Repealed]
        s. 184-191
  • PART IX — LICENSING
    s. 192
    • 192 Definitions
      s. 192
    • Where Licence Required
      s. 193
      • 193(1) Licence required to operate children’s residence, etc.
        s. 193(1)
      • 193(2) Idem: placement for adoption
        s. 193(2)
      • 193(3) Issuing licence
        s. 193(3)
      • 193(4) Idem
        s. 193(4)
      • 193(5) Renewal of licence
        s. 193(5)
      • 193(6) Provisional licence or renewal
        s. 193(6)
      • 193(7) Not transferable
        s. 193(7)
      • 193(8) Placements must be in accord with Act and regulations
        s. 193(8)
      • 193.1 Licences, terms and conditions
        s. 193.1
    • Powers of Program Supervisor
      s. 194
      • 194(1) Powers of program supervisor
        s. 194(1)
      • 194(2) Offence
        s. 194(2)
      • 194(3) Idem
        s. 194(3)
      • 194(4) Regulations re exercise of power of entry
        s. 194(4)
    • Refusal and Revocation
      s. 195
      • 195. Grounds for refusal
        s. 195
      • 196 Refusal to renew; revocation
        s. 196
    • Hearing by Tribunal
      s. 197
      • 197(1) Notice of proposal
        s. 197(1)
      • 197(2) Request for hearing
        s. 197(2)
      • 197(3) Powers of Director where no hearing required
        s. 197(3)
      • 197(4) Powers of Tribunal where hearing required
        s. 197(4)
      • 198(1) Review of terms of licence by Tribunal
        s. 198(1)
      • 198(2) Powers of Tribunal
        s. 198(2)
      • 198(3) Receipt of licence
        s. 198(3)
      • 199(1) Continuation of licence
        s. 199(1)
      • 199(2) Continuation of licence pending renewal
        s. 199(2)
      • 200(1) Provisional suspension of licence
        s. 200(1)
      • 200(2) Contents of notice
        s. 200(2)
      • 200(3) When suspension takes effect
        s. 200(3)
      • 200(4) s. 197 (2-4) apply
        s. 200(4)
      • 201(1) Parties
        s. 201(1)
      • 201(2) Members with prior involvement
        s. 201(2)
      • 201(3) Discussion of subject matter of hearing
        s. 201(3)
      • 201(4) When Tribunal seeks independent legal advice
        s. 201(4)
      • 201(5) Examination of documentary evidence
        s. 201(5)
      • 201(7) Only members at hearing to participate in decision, etc.
        s. 201(7)
      • 201(8) Final decision of Tribunal within ninety days
        s. 201(8)
    • Appeal
      s. 202
      • 202(1) Appeal
        s. 202(1)
      • 202(2) Record to be filed in the court
        s. 202(2)
      • 202(3) Minister entitled to be heard
        s. 202(3)
    • Delivery of Licence and Records
      s. 203
      • 203(1) Records and licence to be handed over to Minister
        s. 203(1)
      • 203(2) Removal of children
        s. 203(2)
    • Occupation by Minister
      s. 204
      • 204(1) Order for Minister’s occupation
        s. 204(1)
      • 204(2) Where court may make order
        s. 204(2)
      • 204(3) Interim management
        s. 204(3)
    • Injunctions
      s. 205
      • 205(1) Injunction
        s. 205(1)
      • 205(2) Idem
        s. 205(2)
    • Offences
      s. 206
      • 206(1) Offence
        s. 206(1)
      • 206(2) Idem
        s. 206(2)
    • Child and Family Services Review Board
      s. 207
      • 207(1) Child and Family Services Review Board
        s. 207(1)
      • 207(2) Idem
        s. 207(2)
      • 207(3) Chair and vice-chairs
        s. 207(3)
      • 207(5) Quorum
        s. 207(5)
      • 207(6) Remuneration
        s. 207(6)
  • PART X — INDIAN AND NATIVE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
    s. 208
    • 208 Definition
      s. 208
    • 209 Designation of native communities
      s. 209
    • 210 Agreements with bands and native communities
      s. 210
    • 211(1) Designation of child and family service authority
      s. 211(1)
    • 211(2) Agreements, etc.
      s. 211(2)
    • 212 Subsidy for customary care
      s. 212
    • 213 Consultation with bands and native communities
      s. 213
    • 213.1 Consultation in specified cases
      s. 213.1
  • PART XI — REGULATIONS
    s. 214
    • 214(1) Regulations: Part I (Flexible Services)
      s. 214(1)
    • 214(2) Same
      s. 214(2)
    • 214(3) Same
      s. 214(3)
    • 214(4) Idem
      s. 214(4)
    • 214(5) Standards of service, etc.
      s. 214(5)
    • 215 Regulations: Part II (Voluntary Access to Services)
      s. 215
    • 216(1) Regulations: Part III (Child Protection)
      s. 216(1)
    • 216(1.1) Conflicts
      s. 216(1.1)
    • 216(2) Same
      s. 216(2)
    • 217(1) Regulations: Part IV (Youth Justice)
      s. 217(1)
    • 217(2) Idem
      s. 217(2)
    • 218 Regulations: Part V (Rights of Children)
      s. 218
    • 219 Regulations: Part VI (Extraordinary Measures)
      s. 219
    • 220(1) Regulations: Part VII (Adoption)
      s. 220(1)
    • 220(2) Classes
      s. 220(2)
    • 220(3) Transitional matters
      s. 220(3)
    • 221 Regulations: Part VIII (Confidentiality of and Access to Records)
      s. 221
    • 222 Regulations: Part IX (Licensing)
      s. 222
    • 223 Regulations: Part X (Indian and Native Child and Family Services)
      s. 223
    • 223.0.1 Regulations: defining words or expressions in Act
      s. 223.0.1
    • 223.1(1) Regulations: methods of dispute resolution
      s. 223.1(1)
    • 223.1(2) Same
      s. 223.1(2)
    • 223.2 Regulations: transitional
      s. 223.2
  • PART XII — MISCELLANEOUS
    s. 224
    • 224(1) Review of Act
      s. 224(1)
    • 224(2) Beginning of review
      s. 224(2)
    • 224(3) Written report
      s. 224(3)
    • 224(4) Period for review
      s. 224(4)
    • 224(5) Same
      s. 224(5)
    • 225 Review re disclosure of adoption information
      s. 225
    • 226 Review re: aboriginal issues
      s. 226
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