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JUBREAKING: Medically Fragile, Disabled Child Dies After Court-Ordered Placement With Father Under Oversight of OC Minor’s Counsel Brian Baron
Orange County’s Family Court Crisis — It’s Deadly
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — A 10-year-old, medically fragile, nonverbal child died Thursday after years of reported injuries and repeated hospitalizations, allegedly following visitation with his father, while Orange County family court maintained custody with the father under the oversight of Minor’s Counsel Brian W. Baron, according to court records and other documents reviewed by this reporter.
It is a deeply troubling development in Orange County — one that parents, advocates and whistleblowers say was entirely preventable. For more than two decades, families have pleaded with county officials, the Orange County Grand Jury, the Board of Supervisors, presiding and supervising judges, legislators and state oversight agencies to address entrenched systemic failures inside the county’s family, probate and juvenile courts.
Today’s loss, they say, reflects the consequences of a system that has repeatedly ignored evidence, discounted parents’ warnings and shielded court-appointed insiders from accountability.
A Child Who Loved His Family and the World Around Him
Coby’s mother, Carrie Peroutka, said her son died “this morning in the middle of the night.”
She described her son as a joyful boy who “loved his big brother, school, Curious George, the Anaheim Angels, the Green Bay Packers, aquariums and space — and musicals like Rent and The Lion King.”
Friends and family shared photos of Coby smiling, celebrating his 10th birthday, and spending time with those he loved most.
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