Delaware

Suit Against Delaware Child Protection Officials Dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Delaware child protection officials by a Kent County couple who claims their five-month-old son was wrongly taken from them.

Kirstyn Gallegos and John A. Gallegos Jr. say officials took custody of their son without due process after his father took him to Kent General Hospital in October because the boy was not moving his right arm.

The couple claims that officials placed the child with a maternal aunt and warned them that if they fought the decision, their son would be put in foster care and they would not be allowed to see him.

A federal judge dismissed the suit after holding a teleconference Friday. State officials say the lawsuit was dismissed because there is a pending Family Court case.

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