Vermont Mother (Aclu Lawsuit)
Reference: UGAZ-R2AM-6WSU-BSHG
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Jurisdiction
- VT, United States
- Year
- 2025
- Account type
- Media
Quick summary
- Quick summary
- Vermont's DCF obtained custody before the baby was born, and hospital staff took the newborn before her mother could hold her.
Full story
- Full story
- A Vermont mother who had been deemed an unfit parent sued after the state took custody of her newborn before she had even held her. The suit, reported in January 2025, says the agency obtained custody before the birth and hospital staff took the baby at delivery.
Where
- Hospital
- Copley Hospital
- Agency
- Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF)
- State
- VT
- Country
- United States
- First Nations
- Not Stated
The removal
- When the baby was taken
- Before Birth (Pre-Birth Order Or Alert)
- Where the baby was taken from
- Delivery Room
- Stated reasons
- Parenting Capacity Test
- How it was done
- Court Order Before Removal
- What happened during separation
- Not Allowed To Hold Baby
Support after
- Grief counselling offered
- Not Stated
Getting baby back
- Did she get her baby back
- Unknown
- Where the baby is now
- Unknown
Official response
- Legal action
- Lawsuit Filed
- Legal action detail
- Lawsuit supported by the ACLU of Vermont.
Sources
- Mom deemed unfit parent has newborn taken by state before she held her, VT suit says · Miami Herald · Lawsuit