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Ward of court case tests religious protection for child care
A healthy one-year-old boy in Oklahoma City was made a ward of the state after a jury found the state may intervene if religious beliefs could harm a child. The Court ordered ongoing health monitoring by Welfare with parents facing questioning over their refusal to seek medical care for their infant daughter who died of pneumonia after no doctor was called.
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Orlabonea City
Doy
Oklahoma
Charles Halley
Douglas ‘Nens
State Welfare Department
Haller
Welfare Department
County Juvenile Court
Douglas
Gieno Owens
Oklahoma City
Church of the First Barn
Lisa
Myra Sisson
Owens