Leo Ratte

Incident date: 2008 Apr 5

authorities

Persons:

Organizations: Michigan DHS

7-year-old boy incidentally received an alcohol spiked lemonade from his father, Christopher Ratte, while at a base ball game. Leo was removed and his father was banished from the family home, until a case worker concluded the father had made an innocent mistake.

Parent topics: wrongful removal

Documents

Title	Publication date
State shouldn't be so quick to separate families	2009 Feb 23
Constitutional Danger in the State Taking of Children from Parents	2008 May 2
State of Michigan Seizes Boy after Father Gives Him Mike's Hard Lemonade, Unaware it Contains Alcohol	2008 Apr 30
Ann Arbor dad's simple mistake leads to serious consequences when son is taken away	2008 Apr 28
Hard lemonade, hard price	2008 Apr 28
Dad's simple mistake leads to serious consequences when son is taken away	2008 Apr 28

Topics: wrongful removal

Subdivisions: Michigan (state of the USA)

Organizations: Michigan DHS

Cities: Ann Arbor - MI

Location

Ann Arbor

Michigan

United States of America