Boy who weighed 132 pounds at age 5 will not return to mother’s care: N.S. judge
SYDNEY, N.S. — A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that a boy who was five years old and weighed 132 pounds when he was taken from his mother will not return to her care, saying living with her was too hazardous to his health.
“It was not just a bit of excess weight or a cosmetic issue … This was a serious health issue,” Judge Robert Gregan said in a written decision released Monday.
Gregan said the boy gained about 18 pounds between October 2014 and May 2015, when he was 132 pounds and was taken into the care of the provincial Community Services department.
The mother, he said, was in “total denial” about the seriousness of her son’s health situation.