DCF Removes Kids After Mother Refuses Rabies Treatment

At issue; Who has the right to determine medical treatment for children, their parents or the state?

WFTV9 reports...

WINTER PARK, Fla. -- A bat infestation inside a Winter Park home has led to a showdown in court. Deborah St. Charles has refused to get rabies shots for her and her children after bats invaded her apartment.

Now the Department of Children and Families is trying to force her to get the treatment and, Monday night, they removed her two boys from her home.

St. Charles must appear in court at the juvenile justice center Tuesday afternoon. The state must justify to a judge why DCF felt it was within its legal boundaries to remove St. Charles' kids from her home.

However, since time is of the essence, the state may also take the opportunity to try to explain in detail to St. Charles why she and her children are essentially being forced to take the rabies shots. Read the rest HERE.