1. Read the court papers from CAS

The court papers you get from a Children’s Aid Society (CAS) will include a Form 8B: Application (Child Protection and Status Review). The form will have information on: 

• the date and time of your first court date
• the address of the courthouse
• the names of the children in the case
• why CAS is going to court
• what CAS is asking the judge to do

Court orders

CAS can ask for one of the following orders:

1. An order that says your child will live with you, another parent, or someone else, usually a family or community member, with CAS supervising. This is called a supervision order.
2. An order that says your child will be in society care. This is sometimes called foster care.
3. An order that says your child will be in society care or foster care, for a certain period of time, followed by a supervision order.
4. An order that says your child will be in extended society care.

CAS can ask for other orders at the same time. For example, they can ask for orders about when you visit with your child, which is called access.

Other papers from CAS

CAS may also give you:

• Form 14: Notice of Motion that says the temporary orders CAS is asking the court to make about your child.
• Form 14A: Affidavit that gives the evidence CAS has to show why they think:
  • your child is in need of protection and the harm they think your child has experienced or may experience
  • you can’t protect your child from the harm
• Form 33B.1:  Answer and Plan of Care, which is a blank form that you have to fill it out usually within 30 days.

CAS may also give you a blank Form 33B: Plan of Care (Children’s Aid Society).

CAS usually fills this form out later. In their Form 33B: Plan of Care, CAS says how they plan to take care of your child. They have to say:

• what help they’ve planned for you and your child
• who will give this help, whether it’s CAS or another organization
• if they’ve told you where else you can get help, such as a counselling agency
• how they will decide if your child doesn’t need their help any more
• how long they think it will take to do what they say they will do