Homeschool mom sues 6 social workers for snatching kids
A Virginia homeschooling mother has filed a lawsuit against six social workers after they seized her two children on April 3 and placed them in foster care following a determination by one of the workers that a diabetic 4-year-old’s blood glucose levels were too high.
The Home School Legal Defense Association, or HSLDA, the world’s premiere homeschool advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against six employees of the Riverside County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services, charging that they violated a Vanessa Wilson’s Fourth and 14th Amendment rights.
According to HSLDA, the social workers seized Wilson’s two children, a 4-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, after assuming the daughter’s health was in danger.
“They then deliberately kept the children separated from their mother, in spite of clear evidence that the separation was unnecessary – and concealed that...