After entering an order sua sponte to suspend a parent’s visitation rights until she received the COVID-19 vaccine, an Illinois family law judge revisited the issue Monday with a new order striking the restriction.
The Cook County, Illinois, action involves Rebecca Firlit and Matthew Duiven, who divorced seven years ago and share custody of their 11-year-old son, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. According to the article, Firlit was advised by her doctor not to get the vaccine because she had “adverse reactions to vaccines in the past.”