Domitina Mendez holds photos of two of her children, Ever Mendez, left, age 5, and Debbi Mendez, age 3. She and her husband, Ovidio Mendez are Guatemalan indigenous Mayans who lost custody of their five children when the Georgia Department of Child Protective Services took their children in 2008. In June a Whitfield County judge permanently removed their parental rights in part because they don't speak English and the judge felt the parrents couldn't take care of the children's special needs and dozens of monthly doctor's visits.
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John Rawlston /Chattanooga Times Free Press .
published Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
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As Ovidio and Domitina Mendez drove back from their children's medical appointment, they noticed police cars parked outside their house.







