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Associated Press - December 4, 2009 5:14 PM ET
BENTON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois judge says the hiding of a boy for nearly two years in his grandmother's home during a custody dispute amounts to neglect.
Franklin County Circuit Judge Melissa Drew made the ruling Friday after siding with a counselor's belief that the seclusion of the boy, now 7, left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Drew now could decide Jan. 8 what custody or visitation arrangements should apply to the boy who's now in the temporary custody of a relative.
His mother, Shannon Wilfong, is charged with felony abduction and has pleaded not guilty. She declined to testify Friday in the custody matter.
The boy's father, Michael Chekevdia (cheh-KEHV'-duh), seeks custody of the child.
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