N.L.E. v. Department of Children & Family Services

LaROSE, Judge.

N.L.E. seeks certiorari review of the trial court’s order requiring chemotherapy and radiation treatment for her son. We deny the petition for the reasons explained below.

N.L.E.’s son, D.G., has a rare form of cancer. In late February and March 2007, after removal of a tumor, D.G.’s two physicians recommended chemotherapy. At that' time, N.L.E. researched alternative treatments. In March, a third physician advised N.L.E. that D.G.’s cancer was curable and that he should undergo chemotherapy.

On April 5, 2007, a fourth physician insisted that D.G. begin radiation treatments.…