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City-level estimates; country centres are used where a town cannot be located. Geography: GeoNames and Natural Earth.
| Mother / Alias ↕ | Quick summary ↕ | Outcome ↕ | Jurisdiction ↕ | Year ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe (England, Four Sons) | A care leaver had all four of her sons removed at birth or soon after; all were fathered by the same violent man who once tried to kill her. | Unknown All four sons removed | ENG, United Kingdom | 2016 |
| Irish Mother (Tusla Emergency Order) | Gardaí and social workers forcibly removed a one-day-old girl from her breastfeeding mother at an Irish maternity hospital under an emergency order made without the mother being heard. | Foster Care | Ireland | 2018 |
| Hawke's Bay Mother (Son) | Police and Oranga Tamariki tried to uplift a 19-year-old Māori mother's seven-day-old son at Hawke's Bay Hospital under a without-notice order; midwives were locked out, but the uplift was stopped. | Baby Returned Uplift stopped; she kept her son | Hastings, HKB, New Zealand | 2019 |
| Peter's Mother (Jersey) | Jersey's Health Minister applied to take a newborn from his parents on the maternity ward; the Royal Court dismissed the 'draconian' order for lack of evidence. | Baby Returned Removal order refused; baby stayed with his parents | Jersey | 2019 |
| Brandon Couple (Michif Cfs) | Michif CFS took a Brandon couple's son at birth because the mother, a domestic violence victim, had pleaded guilty years earlier to failing to protect her daughter; a judge later ordered him returned. | Returned After Court Action Judge ordered the boy returned within three months, at 14 months old | Brandon, MB, Canada | 2020 |
| Chloe (NSW) | A young woman who grew up in state care says DCJ took her newborn son because of a conflict between her partner and her mother. | Unknown | NSW, Australia | 2023 |
| Molly C | When Molly went to hospital after her partner assaulted her, the hospital called WA's Department of Communities and her baby was taken. | Foster Care | WA, Australia | 2025 |