DETROIT (WXYZ) - A judge has ruled that Maryanne Godboldo will be able to take her daughter home.
The ruling came during a Thursday custody hearing.
“I feel wonderful today that my daughter has been given back to me. Which in my mind she was never taken, but we still have a long way to go,” said Maryanne Godboldo.
The judge also ruled that medicating a child is a parent's decision and not the state's. Therefore the judge is not ordering Godboldo's daughter to take a prescribed psychiatric medication.
“I think that message needs to go wide and broad that it is the parent who has to determine that and without the consent that psychotropic medicine cannot be administered to a child unless there is a court order,” said attorney Wanda Evans.
It was Godboldo's refusal to give her daughter that medication that led to officials from Child Protective Services to attempt to remove the child from the home and the police standoff that followed.
The girl's father, Mubarak Hakim wants an apology from the Detroit Police Department because of the standoff situation.
"“They owe us an apology for their misconduct based on a lie,” said Mubarak Hakim.
Both of the girl's parents will be back in court on December 12. The judge says once a treatment and education plan are in place, they will work to terminate the state's jurisdiction.
“I’m going to go home and hug her and take care of her like I have been taking care of her,” said Maryanne Godboldo."
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The entire CPS department should be fired. Good thing I'm not a Judge, because I would have so ruled.
See how they like it when the shoe is on the other foot.
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