Family law cases in doubt as province asks top court to 'fill' legal gap
CBC
New Brunswick's family court system is still sorting out the potential impact of a legislative mistake that created a 43-day legal void in the province's child protection regime.
Lawyers who represent some of the most vulnerable children in the province say news of the mistake last Friday had the potential to throw their cases into turmoil.
"The news is a little bit spotty," said Rothesay lawyer Patricia Gallagher-Jette, who didn't realize the extent of the problem until she read media coverage last Friday evening.
"All I need to know — my only source is the media — is, 'is that the extent of an error, just that this happened?'" she said.
That's a reference to the fact judges apparently issued custody orders, supervisory orders and guardianship orders for six weeks without any legal authority because of an error in a bill approved by the legislature.
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