Mother of obese Ohio boy has right to move to another state: judge

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Mother of obese Ohio boy has right to move to another state: judge

Posted by getsomenews.com on Jun 29, 2012

CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The mother of a grossly overweight 9-year-old boy had the right to move from Ohio to Georgia with her son, who was temporarily removed from his home last fall to lose weight, a juvenile court judge said on Thursday. The case of the boy, who at one point weighed 219 lbs (99 kg), sparked a national debate over childhood obesity after Ohio social workers temporarily removed him from his Cleveland-area home last year. He was returned to his mother in April and she agreed to voluntary monitoring for 90 days. …