Obese Child Placed in Foster Care Ordered into Uncle’s Custody

A Cleveland judge has reportedly decided that an obese third grader who
was removed from his mother’s custody after she was apparently unable to
control his weight can now be removed from foster care. County child welfare
officials had convinced the court in October 2011 that the 218-pound child
was in imminent danger; they had been working with the family for more
than a year after the boy was taken to a hospital with breathing problems.
According to a news source, the court found that the boy had lost about 25
pounds during his two months in foster care. He ordered the honor student
to live with his uncle following a hearing that took place on the child’s ninth
birthday. See The Slatest, November 29, 2011; msnbc.com, December 14, 2011.