by Mark Hicks
The Detroit News

A Detroit mother accused of refusing to give her 13-year-old daughter psychotropic medicine to treat a mental disorder has been found in neglect.

A Wayne County juvenile court jury found Wednesday that one accusation of neglect was proven in the case against Maryanne Godboldo.

A judge is expected Sept. 29 to examine the custody issue and the child’s medical treatment.

Godboldo and her family are considering an appeal, attorney Roger Farinha said.

She continues to have visitation rights while her daughter remains with her aunt, where she has been living since being released from a state psychiatric facility in May.

The girl was removed from the home in March, when her mother is alleged to have kept police at bay for hours as child welfare workers attempted to take the girl.

The child’s parents are disappointed by the decision but “resigned to continue battling for custody,” said Ron Scott of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, a spokesman for the family. “They don’t feel the system has served them as well as they could have been, given they have been good parents to this child, ” Scott said.