Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family

Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family
– Columbus Dispatch reports: “Judge decides to keep teen in foster care until she decides to go home or turns 18″
– “Franklin County Children Services will retain temporary custody of Rifqa, who is living in a foster home. She likely will stay in foster care until her 18th birthday on Aug. 10, after which she is an adult and free to live where she chooses.”
– “Another attorney for Rifqa, Kort Gatterdam, read from a statement that both parties agreed to.”
– ” ‘Rifqa and her parents love and respect each other,’ he began, adding that counseling was thought to be the best solution.”

– Runaway teen convert and parents end dispute

– “Can Counseling Prevent a Potential Honor Killing? The Rifqa Bary Case” – by Phyllis Chesler

Columbus, Ohio - Rifqa Bary (right) talks to attorney Angela M. Lloyd (left) at December 22 hearing (Columbus Dispatch / Tom Dodge)