Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Kaven

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 26, 2014No. 13-2076PublishedCited by 316 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Legina and Todd Thomas are parents of M.T., a twelve-year-old girl at the time of the events at issue in this case. The Thomases placed M.T. in the University of New Mexico Children’s Psychiatric Center after she revealed suicidal tendencies during a police investigation of a potential sexual assault. Doctors diagnosed her as exhibiting several serious psychiatric problems and recommended a prescription of psychotropic drugs. The Thomases resisted the doctors’ diagnoses and recommendations. M.T. was evaluated for several weeks until Mrs. Thomas decided to remove her…

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