Off-grid UK-Australian couple given more access to children who were removed from home in Italy
Summary
An off-grid British-Australian couple in Italy will be allowed to spend more time with their three children after the children were removed from their remote home last year. Italian courts approved a gradual plan for the children to have daytime and eventually overnight visits while social services monitor their progress.Key Facts
- The family lives off-grid in a woodland home in central Italy.
- Italian juvenile court approved a staged reunification plan for the children to see their parents more often.
- The children have lived in a residential care facility since November last year.
- The children are a nine-year-old girl and seven-year-old twin boys.
- Court suspended the parents’ responsibility over the children in November 2023.
- The mother stayed with the children until March before being ordered to leave.
- The family was once taken to hospital due to mushroom poisoning, which raised authorities’ concerns.
- Authorities cited poor living conditions, lack of stable income, limited social interaction, and homeschooling as reasons for concern.
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