Jamaican Mother Loses Battle to Stop her Child’s Adoption by a Canadian Family

We’ve previously blogged about a Jamaican mother who had been seeking to stop the adoption of her son by a family in British Columbia. Recently, following a 4-day hearing, a B.C. Provincial Court judge ruled against the woman, granting custody of the child to the B.C. Ministry of Child and Family Development (the Ministry) A Brief History In 2012 the boy (who was then four and is now ten) moved to B.C. to live with his father and stepmother. He had previously been living with his mother in Jamaica. Less than 12 months later, social workers apprehended the boy after he allegedly suffered abuse by his stepmother. He was placed into foster care, and in 2014, the Ministry applied for custody. A trial was scheduled for the spring and summer of 2015. The mother had been aware of the trial but had indicated that she was unable to attend and had asked the Ministry to return the child to the custody of his father. However, despite having her contact information (including her…

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