Constitutional Court rules in favour of woman whose child was taken by the lower courts

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a young woman whose child was taken from her by the courts soon after birth. The ruling stated that the lower courts had not provided clear rationale for why the child had been put into institutionalised care. The mother had apparently had a conflict with hospital personnel after failing to attend prenatal checkups and refused to deal with state authorities or use modern means of communication. The Constitutional Court stated on Wednesday that the actions of the lower court had been excessive, as the mother was not given the chance to prove that she would be capable of caring for the child. The child has now been in institutional care for roughly a year and a circuit court will now decide whether she can be permanently entrusted to the care of her mother.