The Rights of Children and Their Parents

Ontario, families agree on return of severely
disabled children
CBC News, (June 3, 2005 ).

More than 100 families in Ontario are going to get
custody back of their severely disabled and autistic
children.

Lawyers for the families and the government reached
an agreement on Friday afternoon on how it will be done.

The parents have been forced to put their children in
the care of the province in order to provide them with
the costly specialized care they need. But they fought
that measure in court and won.

The province has since promised that whatever
agreement is reached on restoring custody it will not
restrict the parents' right to sue over how their families
have been treated.

The parents are suing but the province has decided to
appeal.

The government had promised to reunite the families,
but one of their lawyers said that was delayed because
there was no guarantee the children would keep the
services they are currently getting.

An aide to the minister of children's services says the
parents will start getting their custody rights restored
on Monday.