Aylmer Decision

October 12, 2002 permalink

On October 12 the National Post and the London Free Press reported that Judge Eleanor Schnall has made a ruling in the Aylmer Ontario case. Last summer, CAS seized the children from an Aylmer family that spanked their children with objects. A few days later, when CAS threatened another family, every woman and every child in the Church of God, a hundred people, fled Canada. This spring the court heard a week of voir dire testimony. Judge Schnall's decision was a technical one, ruling that the voir dire testimony can now be used in the main issue of whether the family should be placed under CAS supervision. This ruling, favorable to CAS, suggests the judge will ultimately rule against the family.

Here is a quote from the National Post article by Christie Blatchford:

Unusually, since the case had been on hold since last June in order to give Judge Schnall time to make this critical decision, the judge did not release her reasons. Normally, judges either deliver a ruling orally, and follow up with written reasons, or reserve important decisions until they can provide a proper legal rationale.