By CBS Boston staff
March 25, 2014 11:55 PM
BOSTON (CBS) — The judge in a year-long custody battle over a Connecticut teen has awarded permanent custody to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
Justina Pelletier
Judge Joseph Johnston issued the ruling Tuesday afternoon, in response to a motion, presented by the 15-year-old’s court-appointed lawyer and the lawyers for her parents, Linda and Lou Pelletier of West Hartford, Conn., which called for the parents to be awarded “conditional custody” of their daughter Justina.
Read: Judge’s Ruling
The state of Massachusetts took charge of Pelletier when her parents and doctors at Children’s Hospital clashed over her diagnosis and treatment in 2013.