Mother refuses to get COVID shot, so judge strips her of visitation rights [Updated]
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Update 1 pm EDT: Cook County Judge James Shapiro has reversed his earlier decision and is now allowing an unvaccinated mother to see her son in person. Judge Shapiro just issued an order vacating portions of his prior order of August 11th so Rebecca Firlit can see her son again," Annette Fernholz, Firlit's attorney, told WFLD.
Original story 11:51 am EDT: A judge in Illinois has stripped visitation rights from an 11-year-old boy's mother because she has not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Earlier this month, at a child support hearing held over Zoom, Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Shapiro asked if Rebecca Firlit, the boy's mother, had received the vaccine. She replied that she had not.
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