The juvenile court of Venice
has placed a Padua boy in the care of social services after
declaring both of the boy's parents as "lapsed in parental
responsibility" following a report by social services that said
the boy has "sexual identification difficulties", said Padua
daily Il Mattino on Tuesday.
The mother's attorney, Francesco Miraglia, called the
decision "pure discrimination".
Miraglia referred to a passage in the court order that
references a report by social services that said the boy has a
"personality disorder".
"He tends in all ways to affirm that he's different and
flaunts effeminate behavior in a provocative way," the report
said.
The court's decision follows a previous ruling in which the
child was placed in a group home from 7:00 to 19:00 daily, after
which the child's behavior was brought to the attention of
social services, leading to the current ruling.
The current decision will be the subject of a hearing next
week at which the parents have been convened.
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