This is amazing news. Not only has the Massachusetts DCF reversed itself to say that Justina Pelletier should be reunited with her family, but Justina is also now getting treatment by Tufts Medical Center for their original diagnosis.
It’s only a matter of time now for the judge to sign off on it and have Justin returned to her family:
FOX NEWS – The fate of a 16-year-old Connecticut girl at the center of a major medical custody dispute is in the hands of a Massachusetts judge, now that Bay State children’s advocates have conceded Justina Pelletier should be returned to her family.
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In what Justina’s attorneys are calling a “dramatic reversal,” the Massachusetts DCF filed a motion agreeing that the teenager should be returned to her family. Alec Loftus, a spokesman for Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary John Polanowicz, confirmed to FoxNews.com Wednesday that both parties are in agreement.
“We are pleased that the family has engaged around the reunification plan and we have filed papers in court to support our shared goal of bringing Justina home,” he said in an email.
Attorneys representing Justina filed a subsequent motion Tuesday requesting that Johnston expedite a ruling “because all parties are in agreement,” said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, which represents the Pelletier family.
According to sources close to the case, Johnston issued a June 13 deadline for all paperwork to be filed and indicated a ruling will be made on or before June 20.
Staver claims that DCF’s concession “completely undercuts their argument.”
“She’s now getting treatment from Tuft’s medical providers and they’ve agreed to return her to her family,” Staver told FoxNews.com. “This really cuts out the basis for why they took her in the first place.”
“We’re waiting on the judge. At this point, there is no reason to delay,” he said. “There’s no reason why he can’t act immediately.”