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Italian Court Places Off-Grid Palmoli Children in Care Facility With Mother

Judges cited unsafe housing alongside risk to the children's social development.

Overview

  • The Tribunal for Minors in L’Aquila on November 20 ordered the three siblings moved to an educational community in Vasto for a period of observation.
  • Parental authority was suspended and lawyer Maria Luisa Palladino was appointed as provisional guardian.
  • Social services and multiple police units executed the decree, with the family’s attorney negotiating the mother’s presence at the facility.
  • The order notes a threat to the children’s right to social relationships and details of a home without utilities or safe installations.
  • The case followed a 2024 mushroom-poisoning hospitalization that prompted inspections, while petitions have surpassed 30,000 signatures and Matteo Salvini has publicly criticized the decision.