Monday, March 03, 2008

Judge won't make ACS return girl to woman accused of suffering mental woe

Judge won't make ACS return girl to woman accused of suffering mental woe

A judge rejected a desperate bid last week by a Queens mom to get back from city custody the 6-year-old daughter she lost after being accused of suffering from a rare mental disorder.

Amber was taken from her family because a doctor feared Vanessa James suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy - a rare disorder in which a person believes a child is sick, or actually makes the child sick, to get attention.

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