Posted on 10/15/2009 1:38:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
Ohio Judge: State to Take Custody of Christian Convert Runaway
October 15, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio can take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida, saying she feared she'd be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam, a judge ruled Thursday in a decision clarifying the girl's legal status once she returns.
The Franklin County Children's Services agency will take custody of Rifqa Bary pending the confirmation of her immigration status or her return to Ohio, according to the order by Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich.
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The decision was supported by lawyers for the girl and for her parents, natives of Sri Lanka. Franklin County opposed the request for custody, saying it was premature until the girl was in Ohio.
Bary, 17, has been in foster care in Orlando. A Florida judge on Tuesday said he planned to send her to Ohio once he receives immigration and education documents.
Bary ran away from her parents' Columbus-area home in July. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation found no credible threats to the girl.
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Hopeful news.
Actual PHYSICAL custody, or just legal?
I believe physical custody for now.
Let Daddy convert first, or no go.
Probably the best solution to the mess at this point. She’ll be 18 in a few months anyhow. Very bizarre situation.
Seems something might be wrong with the immigration papers, they have been real slow on providing them.
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