"Nathan Trevallion, a former chef from Bristol, and his wife, Catherine Birmingham, a former horse-riding teacher from Melbourne, bought a dilapidated property in a wooded area in Palmoli, in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, in 2021. The aim was to raise their three children Utopia Rose, 8, and six-year-old twins Galorian and Bluebell as close to nature as possible. They grew their own food, generated electricity via solar power and extracted their water from a well."
"But the idyllic life came under scrutiny from local social services in September last year when the entire family was hospitalised after eating poisonous mushrooms picked from the woods. The authorities investigated further and found the family's dwelling to be dilapidated, in terrible hygienic conditions and lacking the necessary utilities, a court document showed. Last week, the judge of a juvenile court in L'Aquila upheld a prosecutor's claims that the children were suffering from serious and harmful violations of their rights"
An Italian juvenile court ordered the removal of three children from their British-Australian parents after finding serious rights violations linked to off-grid living. Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham bought a dilapidated property in Palmoli, Abruzzo, in 2021 to raise their children close to nature. The family grew food, used solar power, drew water from a well, kept horses, donkeys and chickens, and homeschooled the children with weekly trips to San Salvo. In September, the whole family was hospitalised after eating poisonous wild mushrooms. Authorities found the dwelling dilapidated, unhygienic and lacking basic utilities. The children were taken to a church-run facility; the mother accompanied them and the parents now have limited access. The court cited housing hardship, no social interaction, no fixed income, absence of toilet facilities and lack of school attendance.
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