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Ontario Provincial Court (Family Division), “Re L.D.K. (1985), 48 R.F.L. (2d) 164”

1985Source ID src-ont-1985-re-ldkAccessed 19 September 2026
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Ontario Provincial Court (Family Division), “Re L.D.K. (1985), 48 R.F.L. (2d) 164”

1985 · Main Prov. J. · Reports of Family Law

“(judgment not opened)”

Lisa D. Kosack, 12, Oakville, Ontario, acute myeloid leukaemia; Judge David R. Main refused the Children's Aid Society/hospital application to authorise transfusions; she went home and died shortly afterwards.

Provenance and verification note for Ontario Provincial Court (Family Division), Re L.D.K. (1985), 48 R.F.L. (2d) 164

Confidence note. Citation verified as real via the SCC's list of authorities in A.C. v Manitoba (official PDF opened). Case details from a discovery compilation (jwdivorces) and the organisation's own Awake! 22 May 1994 (lead-verified).

Corroborated by. src-scc-2009-ac-v-manitoba, src-jwdivorces-1980s-cases, src-g-1994-0522-power-beyond-normal

Notes. The court permitted the refusal; death followed.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ont-1985-re-ldk