Mother Loses Custody of Teen For Refusing to Give Her Antipsychotics

A Detroit mother lost custody of her daughter after refusing to give her antipsychotic medications, which officials say the teen may not need in the first place. Her mother, Maryanne Godboldo, was accused of medical neglect when her 13-year-old daughter, Ariana, began to have erratic symptoms following a series of vaccinations, and was given an antipsychotic drug by a center for at-risk youth. Godboldo felt that the drug, however, made her daughter worse, and began looking for holistic treatments instead. Child Protective Services then tried to remove Ariana from her home, resulting in a “stand-off” with a police SWAT team during which Godboldo reportedly fired a gun.

Ariana is currently at a local psychiatric hospital, where officials say there is no “emergency need” to give her antipsychotic drugs. Even more disturbingly, Ariana has tested positive for an STD, which her father is saying is proof that she was sexually abused while she was at the hospital.

Godboldo is now facing criminal charges, including resisting arrest and firing a weapon in her home. But she is still claiming that the state should not have intervened, particularly in the way that they did. “They took her unlawfully,” said Godboldo.

Ariana remains in protective care, despite the fact that the judge says she would like to have her discharged to a family member. Bureaucracy is preventing that from happening in a timely manner. The whole case is pretty stunning, especially considering that, as Anna North writes on Jezebel, Godboldo doesn’t seem to have been “jeopardizing her child’s mental or physical health.”

So although this does raise questions about the use of traditional vs. nontraditional medicine and whether the state can intervene, these don’t seem to be relevant here. Medical officials say that Ariana is not in dire need of the medication, and in a horrible irony, attempts to improve her well-being have torn her away from her family and resulted in her placement in a facility where she may have been sexually abused. In this instance, the state may be more guilty than the mother of causing harm to Ariana.

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Lilithe M.

6:00PM PDT on Aug 17, 2011

Is there a petition?

send a green star

jane r.

9:07PM PDT on Jun 23, 2011

thanks

Sarah M.

3:25PM PDT on May 12, 2011

this is ridiculous

Ian M.

1:58AM PDT on May 11, 2011

From everything I can find, the CPS woman who called the police had no authority to do so. The agreement the girl's mother signed said she had the right to back out of the treatment plan at any time. (It sounds to me as though the CPS person was angry at what she saw as a threat to her authority). Also, the child's own doctor had agreed a)that her problems were likely a vaccine reaction and b)that the antipsychotic was not a good thing and should be stopped. The cops had no warrant and no authority to do what they did either. They were, at the time of the incident, acting as criminals, and were a clear threat to the health and safety of this woman's daughter. If She and her daughter lose this in court, then it's as I said: we have NO rights. We are not permitted to defend ourselves or our children, even against illegal, harmful acts by anyone with government cache', especially the police.

If they want to beat you or shoot you, burn out your child's nervous system with drugs, kidnap your child, or anything else, so long as they come up with a reason - it doesn't have to be a good one - you have no defense.

The depopulation agenda is now running, the de-education programs are and have been running, your rights are now privileges that can be revoked on a whim, and the militarized police and returned military are and have been training to "put down social unrest." In the country that WE are putatively in charge of. They don't like slave rebellions, large or small.

Ian

Past Member .

6:52PM PDT on May 6, 2011

I hope the family does prevail in this case as well.

Danny H.

6:54AM PDT on May 3, 2011

Schizophrenia drugs like Olanzapine are risky and are frequently give *off label* I was prescribed Eli Lilly Zyprexa and suffered permanent damage.

Zyprexa damage Claims Still Unresolved

Eli Lilly's #1 cash cow Zyprexa drug sale $38 billion dollars to date has a greater risk of causing type 2 diabetes over the non-user of Zyprexa. So,here we have a conflict of interest that this same company also is a big profiteer of diabetes treatment.
--
Daniel Haszard Zyprexa victim activist www.zyprexa-victims.com

Madi V.

1:08AM PDT on May 3, 2011

I don't believe in taking pills unnecessarily, but they can save lives as well as destroy them. Nature doesn't always provide the "cure" unfortunately and it does kills us in the end don't forget.

G A R.

11:54AM PDT on Apr 30, 2011

this should not have happened, but the mom pulled a gun and a SWAT team stand off happened. CPS doesn't take a child for one report from a 3rd entity. there has to be more to the story. btw, I am very against medicating children... having once been an over medicated child.

9:17AM PDT on Apr 23, 2011

As usual, they acted even though they had no authority. It didn't matter - they had the most guns. All a citizen can do is hope they and theirs survive the encounter with such people and maybe get a little of their own back relatively undamaged. Otherwise, if a cop decides to beat you or even shoot you, he might get his wrist slapped, but that's it.

Vaccines are toxic, and if you look at the CDC's requirement for kids, the mercury ALONE in them exceeds the CDC's own regulations for mercury poisoning! The government has TAKEN powers never given to them by the Constitution. There's a method for breaking it up and starting a new implicit in the Constitution, but I doubt it would be permitted or recognized by those in power now.

Ian

Debi P.

8:50PM PDT on Apr 20, 2011

Dont bet on what I cant imagine. Dont bet against what I havent seen, done or been thru. Save those pennies for a rainy day when the real mess hits the fan from all the systems supposedly in place to protect us, that will inevidably fail. Youll need them. We wont just be lost under the chaos & rubble; we will most likely be sacrificed like lambs to the bloodthirsty enemy supposedly looking out for us right now. Serve & Protect by Day; Search & Destroy by Night.
Manic Depression, Generalized Anxiety & PTSD. Some naturally born-in, obviously some induced thru heinous childhood abuse. But this isnt about you or me. This about the family above who clearly fell prey to the failing system hellbent on showing its fangs & misusing its power; in addition to the fact it was all over A MOTHER TRYING TO DO WHATS RIGHT FOR HER DAUGHTER. The drugs were neither warranted nor necessary & she had a right ALL ALONG to intercept & REFUSE on behalf of her child.
We all go thru difficult phases, & we all make choices for ourselves. If U are pathetic enough to end the gift of life u have been Blessed with, regardless of your adversities, I have no further energy or time to waste on u. U make your own choices. Just like when u choose to put that poison in your body. Pills or crack. Its all the same.
No sympathy for this caring mother who made this bold gesture for her daughters best interest?
No sympathy for u. Wake up.