Custody battle for 18-month-old toddler born addicted to drugs in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — A new court ruling has revealed details of a heartbreaking custody battle over a Nova Scotia toddler born addicted to drugs.
The boy was “born an addict” early in January 2016 because his mother had used drugs while pregnant, a Cape Breton judge said in a ruling released Monday.
Justice Theresa Forgeron ruled that the 18-month-old boy wouldn’t be safe with his grandmother — his “primary attachment figure” — because she is unable to protect him from his drug-addicted mother.
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge refused to allow the grandmother standing, as the province seeks to have the boy permanently removed from his mother’s care.