Teen 'kidnapped' by state finally heading home? Legal team confident government releasing grip on Pelletier family May30, 2014 Bob Unruh
A court motion has been filed asking that Justina Pelletier, the teen who was taken from her parents and allegedly subjected to a long-running “psychological experiment” by officials in Massachusetts, be returned to her family home.
And this time, according to a legal team representing the family, state officials are not opposing the plan.
Pelletier, 15, has been in the headlines in recent months because she was taken forcibly from her parents after they took her to Boston Children’s Hospital more than a year ago. There doctors after a minutes-long visit decided to treat her differently than physicians had been treating her for months. They banned other opinions and wouldn’t let her go home with her parents.
Now officials with Liberty Counsel have confirmed they filed a motion with juvenile court officials asking that the teen be returned to her home with her mother and father, Linda and Lou Pelletier.
“The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families has indicated that it will not object to the motion for relief from judgment filed today to return Justina home,” the legal team confirmed on Friday.
“Today is a significant event for Justina and the Pelletier family,” said Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, who is representing the Pelletier family. “We believe and hope that the Pelleteir family will soon be reunited.”
The Pelletiers have been visiting with Justina in Connecticut frequently since she was moved there two weeks ago. She’s been under care from Tufts Medical Center, the same place she received treatment before her long ordeal began in February 2013.