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Law's Sharona Hoffman says that judges can sometimes issues orders that can both require or forbid medical treatment

MEDIA | February 18, 2021
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

The family court judge who threatened a mother with contempt for getting her child a COVID-19 test

Ohio Capital Journal: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, said that there are times a judge could issue orders that either require medical treatment or forbid it, like if a child had terminal cancer and the parents disagreed about treatment, but those types of decisions are generally made after a judge hears evidence from both sides on the issues. Hoffman discussed a recent decision by Judge Timothy Grendell who threatened a mother with contempt for getting her child a COVID-19 test.