Overview
- The L'Aquila juvenile court placed an 8-year-old and 6-year-old twins in a community facility in Vasto with their mother and appointed lawyer Maria Luisa Palladino as provisional guardian.
- The ordinance cites risks to the children's right to social relationships and to physical safety due to uninhabitable conditions, lack of utilities and hygiene, and refusal of mandatory health checks, not a violation of schooling rights.
- Medical evaluations, vaccination verification, and psychological interviews are scheduled for the children under the court's precautionary measures.
- The family's lawyer says an appeal will be filed and alleges inaccuracies in the order, while the father remains outside the facility but is in contact with the family.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio are considering sending inspectors, Matteo Salvini denounces the decision, the magistrates' association warns against political interference, and Australian and British embassies are following the case as a large petition backs the parents.