The supreme Court of Cassation
on Wednesday upheld a decision to have the daughter of an
elderly couple put out to adoption.
The child was taken away from the so-called
'grandparent-parents' from the northern town of Casale
Monferrato when she was a few months old after she was briefly
left alone in a car.
The father is in his 70s and the mother in her 60s.
The Cassation said that "technical evaluations" had shown
that the couple were unfit to be parents.
It said this decision was not based solely on their age or on
the incident when the child was left in a car.
The court said the couple were unable to "understand the
emotional and practical needs" of the girl as the father is
"totally dependant" on his wife who is "closed in a narcissistic
process".
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