Y' think?!
Posted on 03/25/2014 3:01:56 PM PDT by Morgana
A long-running child custody case took a dramatic turn Tuesday, when a Massachusetts juvenile court judge awarded “permanent” custody of teen-ager Justina Pelletier to the state Department of Children and Families.
The ruling by Judge Joseph Johnston leaves it up to the agency, not the court, to decide whether or when Pelletier should be returned to her West Hartford, Conn., home.
“It’s a huge ruling,” said a person who had been briefed on the decision. “It’s a setback for the parents.”
This person said the state, which has had temporary custody of Pelletier for more than a year, has no immediate plans to have the 15-year-old sent back home, or to a facility in her home state.
But a decision to award permanent custody can be revisited by the judge after six months, at the parents’ request. The judge made his order retroactive to late December, so a review could occur as soon as early summer.
Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Washington D.C.-based Christian Defense Coalition, who has become the parents’ spokesman, said Tuesday that Lou and Linda Pelletier are “outraged” by the decision, though they have yet to get a written copy of it.
“There is no reason Justina should not be returned immediately back to the parents,” he said.
Mahoney said the parents continue to believe that their daughter is being “treated as a pawn and piece of property.”
Judge Johnston also denied a request by out-of-state lawyer Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel in Florida to represent the girl’s parents.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
Now I see she’s a CT resident and they had promised to return her to her own state? Now after the ruling, they have no plans to do so!
She will be fostered by a gay or lesbian couple probably
Completely agree with you.
They know once they release the girl, whether back to her parents, to another medical facility, or even to foster care, the girl will improve and they can never allow that to happen.
It appears to me that the somatoform diagnosis is different from the Munchausen’s diagnosis in that the patient believes themselves to be ill, even to the point of experiencing pain. This is different than Munchausen’s in a significant way, yes?
With all due respect Jim...bullcrap.
Pain can be faked...swelling of the extremities cannot be faked.
Just another example of the fact that being a Massachusetts Rat means *never* having to say you're sorry.
No wonder folks leave this state in droves.
I doubt it though and if it is, revolt is coming folks.
That's why they have a big mitochondrial disease program?
Y' think?!
It’s just as scary. You have two hospitals with differing diagnoses. The parents chose Tufts. Then Children’s calls in the state and accuses the parents of medical child abuse?
They were treating her, just differently than Children’s wanted. This is nuts.
They are all the same and their screwy mission to keep children with horrible parents is consistent.
I’ve dusted off a bunch of books I read awhile ago by Solzhenitzyn. The paralells are scary. I spent close to 40 of my 57 yrs living in the State of MA.....unfortunately, this does surprise me.
The regime knows what’s best for you, your kids and your property.
Current Opinion in Pediatrics:
August 2011 - Volume 23 - Issue 4 - p 384–389
Approach to psychosomatic illness in adolescents
Ibeziako, Patricia; Bujoreanu, Simona
Abstract
Purpose of review: Due to the increased prevalence of psychosomatic presentations and the difficulty of managing such patients, this article summarizes the latest findings for identifying individual and family risk factors, and new trends in the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with psychosomatic illness.
Recent findings: Up to 50% of patients in pediatric care will complain of medically unexplained symptoms with significant functional and emotional impairment. Such patients place heavy burdens on the healthcare system (frequent utilization of health resources and hospitalizations, specialist consultations, unnecessary investigations, and treatments). Somatoform disorders in pediatric care are associated with risks for psychiatric co-morbidity (anxiety and depressive disorders), family conflict, parent-perceived ill health, and school problems/absenteeism.
Summary: Gaining expertise in addressing pediatric psychosomatic illness can make a great difference in patients’ life and in physicians’ professional satisfaction. Effective treatment approaches involve a multidisciplinary approach to consolidate care and facilitate communication, target the patient/family’s understanding of the mind–body relationship and their acceptance of the bio-psycho-social formulation and treatment, and utilize functional rehabilitation and cognitive behavioral therapy for the individual and family and management guidance for schools.
[ Bujoreanu (an author to that above) is the psychologist that diagnosed Somatiform disorder in Justina. To the extent all that above sounds like Obamacare death panel type business, well now you know why there is no coverage of this story by the MSM. If children were systematically denied care the liability will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The judge, presumably the temporary custodian, just gave retroactive custody to DCFS -he’s a coward and he knows now they are going to burn if Justina seared out an affidavit or worse lives long enough to testify against the lot of them. => This is what death panels look like. ]
Never ever ask for a second opinion ....
This is so outrageous! How much ya’ wanna’ bet if she dies they go after the parents for murder.
It’s a really screwy story. It is unbelievable. This appears to be a case of differing medical opinions in which the losing opinion called in the state.
“But the further up the line it went, the more likely it is that error would have been corrected”
Unfortunately wrong....the further up the line it went the more the liklihood that those administrators did not want to rock the boat and challenge a medical diagnosis. They are simply kicking this can ( this girl ) down the road.
They can all stand and fall on the pride they have in their medical and law degrees....and lack of common sense
I’m sure there are facts that we don’t know....but never underestimate a large company/instution/political organization’s desire to cover up and make “go away” controversial issues
So, you think the service chiefs at Boston teaching hospitals don't want to "rock the boat" by challenging the diagnoses of their underlings?
Dude, they LIVE, not to rock those boats but to sink'em.
I have repeatedly said that I don't know the diagnosis, and that nobody commenting here does, because we don't have access to the data.
But, in order to "know for certain" that the family is right, you have to believe things about CH (and Tufts) that I know, from long personal experience, aren't true.
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