March 21, 2026

Prior to my son’s removal by MCFD, his father held no guardianship and had only supervised access — four hours every two weeks.

Since removal, MCFD has increased that to 12 hours per week, supervised by his father’s wife, who has no formal training in my son’s care needs.

My son has autism, ADHD, developmental delay, anxiety, PDA, and other complex diagnoses, and relies on a G-tube for gastrointestinal issues. He requires 2:1 high-level support.

Neither his father nor his wife has the qualifications to safely meet those needs.

When I spoke with my son today, he told me he was seeing his father and his father’s wife.

When I asked if he was excited, he said “not too excited” — and followed it with this string of emojis:

My son😅😃😡🤮🤢😐😬🫠😐😲🙄😲😐🫥😯😪🥴🤒His father

A child communicating distress through emojis — nausea, anger, illness, dissociation — is not a child who feels safe.

For a child with his diagnoses, this kind of emotional signalling carries particular weight.

My son’s independent advocate has written formally about the unsafe and inappropriate nature of his father’s current access.

Despite this, since my son entered MCFD care, his father was granted interim guardianship until 2027.

This is a man with a historical file dating back to when my son was just two months old — a file documenting that he squeezed my son out of anger.

That history was not adequately weighed.

Since our separation, his father has subjected me to ongoing harassment and has used unnecessary and excessive litigation as a tool of control for the last three years.

When MCFD wrongly apprehended my son, he saw an opportunity — and he took it.

What should have been a child protection matter entirely unrelated to parenting disputes became a vehicle for him to pursue guardianship he had never previously held and access far beyond what any court had previously deemed appropriate.

I raised this at the fourth Family Case Planning Conference on Wednesday.

I raised it again on Friday when the team leader called.

I am asking, clearly and on the record, to return to the terms of the original FLA order — for my son’s safety, and because every Saturday and Sunday I am sick with anxiety knowing my son is with someone who has harmed him before, now with no qualified supervision in place.

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