3rd Session, 41st Legislature

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Bill 223

THE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. C80 amended

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The Child and Family Services Act is amended by this Act.

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The following is added after subsection 17(2):

Economic and social advantages not determinative

17(3)

A child must not be found to be in need of protection only by reason of their parent or guardian — or if there is no parent or guardian, the person having full-time custody or charge of the child — lacking the same or similar economic and social advantages as others in Manitoba society.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.