After 16 months in state custody, teenager Justina Pelletier finally gets to go home and by all accounts, she is not only happy, she is extremely excited. The 16-year-old has been in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families after juvenile court Judge Joseph Johnston removed her from her parent’s care following […]
Justina Pelletier, the teen at the center of a yearlong custody battle, will be transferred to a foster care facility in Massachussetts with the ultimate goal of returning to Connecticut, according to a Department of Children and Families spokesperson. Alex Loftus says that the goal is to ultimately work with officials at Tufts Medical Center […]
![Outrage as Justina Pelletier Placed in Foster Care [Video]](https://i0.wp.com/guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Linda_Pelletier1.jpg?fit=650%2C500&ssl=1 "Justina Pelletier")
There were scenes of outrage outside a Boston courthouse on Monday after a judge ruled that critically ill Justina Pelletier be placed in foster care for the next three weeks, until her next custody court hearing on March 17. Her mother, Linda Pelletier, collapsed and was carried away on a stretcher, while her father, Lou […]
