"The child's diagnosis was made by more than one doctor, is legitimate, and is based on a substantial record," counter the defense attorneys for the mom, Sophia Hartman, 31
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What’s more, in a Kafka-esque twist, an agency caseworker asked the judge to make Rivera undergo a mental health assessment because of possible trauma involving the government separating him from the child and imprisoning him. Angelina Godoy, director of the Center for Human Rights at the University of Washington, found that recommendation exasperating.
“If they’re concerned about his trauma, why don’t they stop inflicting it upon him by returning his child?” asked Godoy, a UW professor of international studies.