Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family
— Columbus Dispatch reports: “Judge decides to keep teen in foster care until she decides to go home or turns 18”
— “Franklin County Children Services will retain temporary custody of Rifqa, who is living in a foster home. She likely will stay in foster care until her 18th birthday on Aug. 10, after which she is an adult and free to live where she chooses.”
— “Another attorney for Rifqa, Kort Gatterdam, read from a statement that both parties agreed to.”
— ” ‘Rifqa and her parents love and respect each other,’ he began, adding that counseling was thought to be the best solution.”
— Runaway teen convert and parents end dispute
— “Can Counseling Prevent a Potential Honor Killing? The Rifqa Bary Case” – by Phyllis Chesler