LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Custody hearings are scheduled Wednesday for two Lincoln women who have lost custody of their newborns because the babies either tested positive for drugs or showed signs of withdrawal.
A Lancaster County Juvenile Court judge on Monday approved state to take custody of the three children. A state custody petition says stool samples from twins born Dec. 27 tested positive for methamphetamine. Test results for a baby girl born to another Lincoln woman are pending, but the state asked for custody in part because the child’s mother is suspected of using drugs when she was pregnant.
A Nebraska Health and Human Services Department spokesman says the three infants are among 37 taken into state custody over the past two years.