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Ohio Judge: State to Take Custody of Christian Convert Runaway
FoxNews ^ | October 15, 2009

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.

SLIDESHOW: Christian Convert Fears Family

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: bary; islam; jihad; ohiojudge; rifqabary

1 posted on 10/15/2009 1:38:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Hopeful news.


2 posted on 10/15/2009 1:47:29 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Steelfish

Actual PHYSICAL custody, or just legal?


3 posted on 10/15/2009 1:49:07 PM PDT by nina0113
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To: nina0113

I believe physical custody for now.


4 posted on 10/15/2009 1:51:10 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Let Daddy convert first, or no go.


5 posted on 10/15/2009 1:51:15 PM PDT by budwiesest (It's that girl from Alaska.)
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To: Steelfish

Probably the best solution to the mess at this point. She’ll be 18 in a few months anyhow. Very bizarre situation.


6 posted on 10/15/2009 1:52:21 PM PDT by Dan Middleton
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To: Steelfish

7 posted on 10/15/2009 1:56:50 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
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To: Steelfish
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.

Seems something might be wrong with the immigration papers, they have been real slow on providing them.

9 posted on 10/15/2009 2:37:08 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Steelfish
Rifqa Bary attests to her new-found Christian faith
10 posted on 10/16/2009 12:26:23 PM PDT by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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11 posted on 10/19/2009 8:19:32 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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