In early March, Judge Johnson put Justina Pelletier's medical care back with Dr. Korman/Tufts [View all]

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tacitly admitting that their diagnosis of mitochondrial disease was correct.

And then 3 weeks later, permanently denied parents custody. In his judgement he claims that after reviewing the medical records he has decided her illness is psychosomatic (even though 3 weeks ago he put her care back with the doctors who diagnosed mitochondrial disease), and blames the parents because they were rude and mean to the people that accused them of child abuse, locked their daughter up in a psych ward and denied her treatment for mitochondrial disease. And he also blames the State of CT for not petitioning to take custody of Justina.

IOW, Children's, MA DCF and the judge fucked up, and fucked up big time. Justina has visibly worsened in the year in their care, and suddenly they realized that 1. they were wrong, and 2. her parents aren't going to shut up and go away. So they've circled the wagons and are blaming the parents for their own incompetence.

Her parents have not yet learned their lesson -- to shut up, suck the judges and DCF's respective private parts, and beg for their child back. Instead, they're upping the ante. It will be interesting to see what happens once their lawsuits get out of Hahvid's insular jurisdiction and into the big, wide world.


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/parents-hail-small-victory-sick-justina-pelletier/story?id=22766417
March 4, 2014
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Justina Pelletier, the sick teenager who for the last year has been the center of a custody tug of war between her parents and the state of Massachusetts, will get treatment with her original doctors at Tufts Medical Center, a family court judge has ruled. ...

....Tufts confirmed that Korson will be part of a new medical team with other specialists, including a neurologist and gastroenterologist from Boston's Children's Hospital.

"Dr. Korson has agreed participate in the care of this patient, along with physicians at other hospitals," Tufts spokeswoman Julie Jette told ABCNews.com. "Other clinicians at Tufts Medical Center may be involved as well. They are working out details with the parties involved. We have nothing else to add at this time."


Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/03/25/permanent-custody-justina-pelletier-awarded-state-massachusetts/puyPhesGkKE6rGLid2VM2L/story.html
A long-running child custody case took a dramatic turn Tuesday, when a Massachusetts juvenile court judge awarded permanent custody of teenager Justina Pelletier to the state Department of Children and Families.

The ruling by Judge Joseph Johnston means the 15-year-old will probably stay in state custody until her 18th birthday unless her parents can prove they are fit to care for their child.


link to the judges 4-page decision, in which he blames the State of CT and Justina's parents:

http://c.o0bg.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/HealthScience/Graphics/SCAN.pdf