Latest News on Ivy & Nico’s Case
11/14/2025
- This morning, the judge released her order: Ivy (1) and Nico (3 months) are going home. Ivy and Nico will be fully transitioned home over the next few weeks. In addition to being kept from their parents, Ivy and Nico have never lived together because of CPS’s forced separation of the family.
- Attorneys Brad Scalise, Shelly Troberman, and Chris Branson–along with defense consultant Judy Powell–were instrumental at every stage, crafting legal strategy, navigating hearings, reviewing medical records, and relentlessly advocating for the return of Ivy and Nico.
10/23/2025
- During this hearing, multiple medical experts testified on the Hendersons’ behalf that Texas Children’s Hospital failed to conduct proper tests and ignored other medical explanations.
- CPS admitted they cannot prove abuse, and stated multiple times that they are not accusing the parents of harming Ivy, yet they’re still asking the court to keep Ivy and Nico separated from their family. CPS also tried to distance itself from the hospital’s mistakes, despite relying on the hospital’s flawed conclusions.
- The hospital’s key witness was excluded because she isn’t certified as a Child Abuse Pediatrician.
The Story
A Saturday that changed everything
Rebeca fed Ivy and dozed beside her. It was ordinary and tender. Then Adrien, Ivy’s father, noticed an odd red mark on Ivy’s cheek. Without skipping a beat, they chose caution and went to the ER. At the hospital, hours passed. Mom and dad requested a dermatologist to inspect Ivy. None came. They asked again, 20-30 times. Still, none came. Instead, a nurse took a photo of Ivy and this became the basis of an accusation: abuse. Rebeca and Adrien had been taking Ivy to the pediatrician regularly since birth, but this didn’t matter to the hospital. Once the accusation had been made, the machine kicked into gear. The family’s pleas were drowned out by a system designed to move quickly, not carefully. A CT scan found asymptomatic (ie, painless) lesions on Ivy’s femur, something explainable by Ivy’s difficult birth or her risk factors for poor bone health, but the hospital attributed this to abuse as well. Eight days later, Ivy left the hospital, but not with her parents. Months dragged on.
Then baby Nico was born—and taken away too. Not because of evidence, but because the system decided that if Rebeca and Adrien couldn’t have Ivy, then they couldn’t have Nico either. Today, both babies are seen only under supervision. The Hendersons are doing everything asked of them. What they need now is for the truth to be told—with qualified medical experts, reliable evidence, and a team of supporters ready to see it through to the end.
Rebeca and Adrien are represented by attorneys Brad Scalise, Shelly Troberman, and Chris Branson, with Judy Powell serving as their defense consultant.
The Story
A Saturday that changed everything
Rebeca fed Ivy and dozed beside her. It was ordinary and tender. Then Adrien, Ivy’s father, noticed an odd red mark on Ivy’s cheek. Without skipping a beat, they chose caution and went to the ER. At the hospital, hours passed. Mom and dad requested a dermatologist to inspect Ivy. None came. They asked again, 20-30 times. Still, none came. Instead, a nurse took a photo of Ivy and this became the basis of an accusation: abuse. Rebeca and Adrien had been taking Ivy to the pediatrician regularly since birth, but this didn’t matter to the hospital. Once the accusation had been made, the machine kicked into gear. The family’s pleas were drowned out by a system designed to move quickly, not carefully. A CT scan found asymptomatic (ie, painless) lesions on Ivy’s femur, something explainable by Ivy’s difficult birth or her risk factors for poor bone health, but the hospital attributed this to abuse as well. Eight days later, Ivy left the hospital, but not with her parents. Months dragged on.
Then baby Nico was born—and taken away too. Not because of evidence, but because the system decided that if Rebeca and Adrien couldn’t have Ivy, then they couldn’t have Nico either. Today, both babies are seen only under supervision. The Hendersons are doing everything asked of them. What they need now is for the truth to be told—with qualified medical experts, reliable evidence, and a team of supporters ready to see it through to the end.
Rebeca and Adrien are represented by attorneys Brad Scalise, Shelly Troberman, and Chris Branson, with Judy Powell serving as their defense consultant.
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