During a recent hearing in Cook County, Illinois, a judge inquired if the child’s mother was vaccinated for COVID. The mother apparently responded that she had not been vaccinated, proffering the explanation that she had allegedly had adverse reactions to vaccines in the past.  The hearing was ostensibly to focus on child support and related financial issues. The parents, Rebecca Firlit and Matthew Duiven, divorced seven years ago, and have had shared custody of their 11-year-old son since June, 2014. The mother’s attorney is appealing the order, arguing that the judge’s reach exceeded his grasp in that neither party had pleaded for orders to mandate that the parties obtain inoculations against COVID. The judge has since reversed portions of his ruling, to allow Ms. Firlit access to her son:

A Chicago judge reversed his decision that stripped an unvaccinated mother of her parental rights over her 11-year-old son. ‘Judge Shapiro just issued an order vacating portions of his prior order of August 11th so Rebecca Firlit can see her son again,’ Rebecca Firlit’s attorney, Annette Fernholz, told FOX 32 Chicago Monday.