Judge sets deadline for teen to be placed with relative

Judge sets deadline for teen to be placed with relative

A Wayne County juvenile court judge ruled Wednesday that a girl -- taken by the Department of Human Services from her mother, who is accused of medical neglect -- needs to be placed with a relative by Friday afternoon.

If the 13-year-old isn't placed by then, Judge Lynne Pierce ruled she'll have a hearing at 1:30 p.m. that day and hold any party not cooperating with the placement process in contempt of court.

The girl has been in a facility in Northville since shortly after Child Protective Services employees showed up at her mother's Detroit home in March to take her. The girl's mother, Maryanne Godboldo, who prefers holistic treatments in lieu of a prescribed drug for psychosis, is accused of firing a gun at police, triggering a standoff.

At Pierce's behest last month, an official from Hawthorn Center and a family doctor who believes in holistic medicine met and jointly agreed to a treatment plan for the girl.

In a letter dated April 29, Dr. George Mellos, acting chief of clinical affairs for Hawthorn, wrote that the girl was ready for discharge.

But a DHS foster care worker testified Wednesday that, among other things, she found the treatment plan too vague and said the girl's aunt and likely caregiver, Penny Godboldo-Brooks, needs to complete foster care licensing paperwork.

Pierce, though, said she wasn't concerned about the treatment plan and said the licensure process can be completed once the girl is placed.

"I'm not going to have anyone stonewalling the placement," Pierce said.

I will betcha the social worker will come up with a new charge to keep the child in the system.


Why?


Because it's personal.  Nobody is going to tell this social worker she is wrong.


Enjoy the show because, you, as taxpayers, have paid for front row seats to this farce.