Can a parent request updates from a children's aid society if a protection case is affecting their parenting time?

A parent can ask a children's aid society for updates about a file that's affecting their parenting time, but the society isn't obligated to share everything, and how much it discloses depends on its own confidentiality obligations, whether you're a parent the child is placed with, and what stage the investigation or case is at. Societies generally will tell a parent enough to understand steps that directly affect them - such as a proposed safety plan or a placement decision - even if they don't disclose the full file or every detail of an investigation into another family member.

If the society isn't sharing information you believe you're entitled to, or its response is affecting your parenting case, you have a few options: ask in writing and keep a record of what you're told, request a meeting with the worker or their supervisor, or, if the case has reached the protection court, ask that court to address what information should be shared. A family lawyer can also help by making a formal request framed around what's actually relevant to the parenting issues in your case, which societies and courts are generally more receptive to than an open-ended request for "everything."