simcha613- they do have the right to decide to take over guardianship, but this is done only in extreme cases. In a recent case, an Amish girls parents wanted to discontinue chemotherapy. The hospital sued for guardianship, and the judge ruled that the parents are good, caring parents and there isn’t sufficient reason to remove the child from their care. This was in a case where the child will probably die without the chemotherapy and has an 85% chance of surviving with it, yet the court still sided with the parents.
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