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Episode 123 — The Fight Over Justina: Medical Child Abuse by Parents or Abuse of Power by a Hospital?

Season 12 • Dr. Phil

Released: 2014-03-17 • Talk

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A couple battle the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the custody of their teen daughter, who they say has been held against her will by a hospital in a dispute about her diagnosis and treatment; a cancer survivor and a sun worshipper need help.

Episodes

Episode 1
Secret Life of a Sex Addict
2013-09-09

Episode 2
Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide
2013-09-10

Episode 3
Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish?
2013-09-11

Episode 4
Football Star Accused: Did He Do It?
2013-09-12

Episode 5
Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out
2013-09-13

Episode 6
Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back!
2013-09-16

Episode 7
Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron?
2013-09-17

Episode 8
Dangerous Online Obsession (1)
2013-09-18

Episode 9
Dangerous Online Obsession (2)
2013-09-19

Episode 10
The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter
2013-09-20

Episode 11
Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom
2013-09-23

Episode 12
Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend
2013-09-24

Episode 13
Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines
2013-09-25

Episode 14
Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher
2013-09-26

Episode 15
Explosive Anger
2013-09-27

Episode 16
Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild?
2013-09-30

Episode 17
Dangerous and Violent Love
2013-10-01

Episode 18
Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret
2013-10-02

Episode 19
A Drunken Mother's Rage
2013-10-03

Episode 20
Ask Dr. Phil
2013-10-04

Episode 21
Pretty Mean Girls
2013-10-07

Episode 22
Munchausen Mom
2013-10-08

Episode 23
Threats, Fights and Videotape
2013-10-09

Episode 24
Pregnant at 11
2013-10-10

Episode 25
Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal
2013-10-11

Episode 26
Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend
2013-10-14

Episode 27
Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided
2013-10-15

Episode 28
Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums
2013-10-16

Episode 29
My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision
2013-10-17

Episode 30
Bitter and Twisted
2013-10-18

Episode 31
Dad's Wife Is Ruining Our Life
2013-10-21

Episode 32
Stepdad Takes On Dr. Phil
2013-10-22

Episode 33
Stepparent Abuse?
2013-10-23

Episode 34
My Mother-in-Law Destroyed My Marriage
2013-10-24

Episode 35
Teen Mom: Should They Kick Her Out?
2013-10-25

Episode 36
When Love Hurts
2013-10-28

Episode 37
Abandoned by Their Mother: Reunion Aftermath/Exclusive: Baby Veronica Returns
2013-10-29

Episode 38
Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family
2013-10-30

Episode 39
An Online Imposter Faked Her Death and Sent Me Ashes
2013-10-31

Episode 40
Parental Alienation: Who's to Blame?
2013-11-01

Episode 41
Starving Myself, Killing My Family
2013-11-04

Episode 42
Exclusive: Ariel Castro's First Victim Speaks Out
2013-11-05

Episode 43
Chained, Tortured and Starved: The First Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Reveals All
2013-11-06

Episode 44
Spies, Suspicions and Sexual Accusations
2013-11-07

Episode 45
A Husband Obsessed, a Wife Accused
2013-11-08

Episode 46
From Housewife to Secret Sex Life: A Sister Intervention
2013-11-11

Episode 47
A Sister Intervention: The Boyfriend's Sordid Past Revealed
2013-11-12

Episode 48
Feuding Exes: Children Caught in the Crossfire
2013-11-13

Episode 49
The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios
2013-11-14

Episode 50
The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios: The Polygraph Results
2013-11-15

Episode 51
Survivor Winner's Losing Battle
2013-11-18

Episode 52
The Doctor, His Wife, His Mistress, the Murder
2013-11-19

Episode 53
My Mother-in-Law Believes I'm a Killer
2013-11-20

Episode 54
Midlife Marriage Meltdown: Torn Between Two Men
2013-11-21

Episode 55
Dump Your Fiancee Now!
2013-11-22

Episode 56
Did She Marry an Imposter?
2013-11-25

Episode 57
Pageant Mom: Did She Put Her Daughter in Danger?
2013-11-26

Episode 58
Inside the Baseball Wife's Assault on Her Pitcher Husband
2013-11-27

Episode 59
My Husband Shot Me; My Husband Killed My Kids
2013-11-29

Episode 60
Love, Lies and Murder: Killer Doctor's Daughter Reacts to Mistress Interview
2013-12-02

Episode 61
Parents Divided Over Disowning Their Son
2013-12-03

Episode 62
Scandals Ripped From the Headlines
2013-12-04

Episode 63
Pregnant in Handcuffs: Shopping Outrage or Innocent Mistake?
2013-12-05

Episode 64
Twin Trouble and Marriage Misery
2013-12-06

Episode 65
Violent Vixen
2013-12-06

Episode 66
I Did Not Try to Blind My Wife
2013-12-10

Episode 67
16 and on the Path of Destruction
2013-12-11

Episode 68
Give Me Back My Child
2013-12-12

Episode 69
A High School Homecoming, a Rape and a Ruined Relationship
2013-12-13

Episode 70
A 26-Year Age Divide: Can This Couple Be Saved?
2013-12-16

Episode 71
A Husband's Betrayal: Lies, Secret Video Tapes and Financial Ruin
2013-12-17

Episode 72
Haunted By the Evidence: Why Was My Brother Killed?
2013-12-18

Episode 73
Obsessed and Over It
2013-12-19

Episode 74
Amber Portwood: Teen Mom Out of Prison ... Now What?
2013-12-20

Episode 75
Reckless Runaway Teen
2014-01-06

Episode 76
Fat, Furious and Fed Up
2014-01-07

Episode 77
A Father Accused: Did He Molest His Children?
2014-01-08

Episode 78
I Swear I'm Being Cyber Stalked, Wiretapped and Followed
2014-01-09

Episode 79
Double Trouble: Teen Sisters Out of Control
2014-01-10

Episode 80
Spankings, Secrets, a SWAT Standoff: A Family Torn Apart
2014-01-13

Episode 81
Hoarding Chew and Spit Bags: My Daughter's Eating Disorder Is Slowly Killing Her
2014-01-14

Episode 82
Bad Teen or Bad Mom?
2014-01-15

Episode 83
Stabbed and Abandoned/Addicted to Video Games?
2014-01-16

Episode 84
Elkhart 4: Justice or Overkill?
2014-01-17

Episode 85
Broken Nose, Broken Marriage
2014-01-20

Episode 86
Life out of Order Because of My Disorder: Addicted to Pregnancy
2014-01-21

Episode 87
Mooching, Stealing, Sloppy Son: Should They Kick Him Out?
2014-01-22

Episode 88
A Daughter's Dark Memory: Why Doesn't Her Mother Remember?
2014-01-23

Episode 89
My Teen Daughter Faked Two Pregnancies
2014-01-24

Episode 90
Pregnant and Out of Control: Will Her Baby Be Addicted?
2014-01-27

Episode 91
Pregnant and Abusing Drugs: The Ultimatum
2014-01-28

Episode 92
Toxic and Offensive In-Laws
2014-01-29

Episode 93
The Darkness of Riches: Born Billionaires but Starved, Abused and Locked in a Basement
2014-01-30

Episode 94
The Darkness of Riches: From Victims to Victors
2014-01-31

Episode 95
A Family Slaughtered for Teen Love: The Convicted Daughter Speaks Out
2014-02-03

Episode 96
My Family Slaughtered for My Daughter's Teenage Love: Can a Father Forgive?
2014-02-04

Episode 97
Love Scams: A Mother Hooked by a Catfish?
2014-02-05

Episode 98
Caught on Camera: Abused Wife or Abused Husband? You Decide
2014-02-06

Episode 99
Child Molester or Innocent Soldier Accused?
2014-02-07

Episode 100
Was Her Son Kidnapped and Put in a Cult?
2014-02-10

Episode 101
My Ex Brainwashed My Son! The Teen Boy Speaks Out
2014-02-11

Episode 102
My Ex Is Slowly Killing Our Daughter
2014-02-12

Episode 103
Young, Privileged and in a Deadly Gang
2014-02-13

Episode 104
An Obsessed Love Triangle
2014-02-14

Episode 105
Sex Abuse and Murder: A Daughter's Repressed Memories or Lies?
2014-02-17

Episode 106
Is Her Mother a Monster, or Is This Daughter Having False Memories?: The Polygraph Results
2014-02-18

Episode 107
Fugitive Mom
2014-02-19

Episode 108
Facing Off With My Polygamous FLDS Father
2014-02-20

Episode 109
My Husband's Secret Life Revealed
2014-02-21

Episode 110
My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder
2014-02-24

Episode 111
My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder: The Polygraph Results
2014-02-25

Episode 112
A Lying, Cheating, Violent Husband or a Wife's False Accusations?
2014-02-26

Episode 113
Beautiful People in an Ugly Divorce, With a Baby Trapped in the Middle
2014-02-27

Episode 114
A Husband's Decade of Deceit: Uncovering 1,000 Affairs?
2014-02-28

Episode 115
I'm Worried My Daughter May Turn Into a Terrorist
2014-03-03

Episode 116
Restraining Orders, Alleged Kidnappings and Hit With a Car: A Marriage of Accusations
2014-03-04

Episode 117
Party Mom: Did She Put Her Children in Danger?
2014-03-05

Episode 118
Ultimate Betrayal: Forced to Kill His Father
2014-03-06

Episode 119
Best Friend Killers: What Happened to Skylar Neese?
2014-03-10

Episode 120
My Husband Wants Me to Look Like Beyoncé
2014-03-11

Episode 121
I Think My Daughter-in-Law Poisoned My Son to Death
2014-03-12

Episode 122
My Head-Butting, Punching, Kicking, Bruising, Biting, Knife-Wielding 8-Year-Old
2014-03-13

Episode 123
The Fight Over Justina: Medical Child Abuse by Parents or Abuse of Power by a Hospital?
2014-03-17

Episode 124
An Accused Man Dead: Murder or Suicide?
2014-03-24

Episode 125
Animal Obsessed
2014-03-25

Episode 126
Sexual Standoffs
2014-03-26

Episode 127
I Fear My Daughter Will Be Kidnapped and Forced Into Sex Trafficking
2014-03-31

Episode 128
Wedding Day Disaster: A Family Torn Apart
2014-04-01

Episode 129
Fighting Fiances: Ready for the Altar or Running for the Hills?
2014-04-02

Episode 130
Charlie Brandt: Killer Child to Serial Killer? And, the Murder of Baby Elaina
2014-04-03

Episode 131
Absent Dad or Alienating Mom and Mother-in-Law?
2014-04-07

Episode 132
Dr. Phil's 2000th Show
2014-04-08

Episode 133
Kitchen Nightmares' Most Controversial Couple on the Defensive
2014-04-09

Episode 134
You're Not Hot Enough
2014-04-10

Episode 135
A Mother Consumed With Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family?
2014-04-11

Episode 136
I'm Afraid My Husband Is Going to Kill Me
2014-04-14

Episode 137
Should I Marry My Controlling, Alienating, Jealous Fiance?
2014-04-15

Episode 138
I'm Over It!
2014-04-16

Episode 139
My Sloppy, Lazy, Mooching Daughter Needs to Move Out!
2014-04-17

Episode 140
Bait-and-Switch Bride?
2014-04-18

Episode 141
A Lying, Stealing, Cheating Girlfriend or a Paranoid, Obsessed Boyfriend?
2014-04-21

Episode 142
A Mother's Dangerous Decision: A Daughter Damaged Forever
2014-04-22

Episode 143
Beauty and the OCD Beast
2014-04-23

Episode 144
A Dr. Phil Exclusive: The Boy Under the Stairs?
2014-04-24

Episode 145
Where Are My Newborn Twins? Is This an Adoption Scam?
2014-04-25

Episode 146
Is Alleged Craigslist Killer Miranda Barbour a Serial Killer?
2014-04-28

Episode 147
My Husband, Pablo, and His Other Women
2014-04-29

Episode 148
My Daughter's Lies Are Tearing My Family Apart
2014-04-30

Episode 149
Daughter vs. Dad: The Truth Revealed
2014-05-01

Episode 150
Hands Off My Man!
2014-05-02

Episode 151
I Believe My Ex Murdered Our Children
2014-05-05

Episode 152
Parents Accused of Murder: Will Julia and Codey Agree to Take the Polygraph Test?
2014-05-06

Episode 153
Michelle Knight One Year Later: Secrets of Cleveland's House of Horrors Revealed
2014-05-07

Episode 154
My Beauty Queen Baby Girl Has Gone Ballistic
2014-05-08

Episode 155
An Affair With a Friend Ended in a Bitter Custody Battle
2014-05-09

Episode 156
Acquitted by a Jury, but My Ex-Husband Still Thinks I'm Guilty
2014-05-12

Episode 157
Dr. Phil's Big Ultimatum: Will Accused Mother Heather Go to Rehab?
2014-05-13

Episode 158
Not-So-Sweet 16: My Daughter's Dangerous Sex Life
2014-05-14

Episode 159
An Ultimatum for a Hoarding Mother: Her Kids or Her Clutter
2014-05-15

Episode 160
Love Scams: I Married a Catfish Over the Phone
2014-05-16

Episode 161
Trapped by My Controlling Husband: I Feel Like I Can't Leave the House, Get a Job or Have a Phone!
2014-05-19

Episode 162
Young, Gorgeous, Privileged and Destroying Her Family
2014-05-20

Episode 163
V. Stiviano: The Woman Behind the Donald Sterling Scandal Takes Off Her Visor to Face Dr. Phil
2014-05-21

Episode 164
Headbutted and Choked Unconscious: A Wife and Children Left in Fear
2014-05-22

Episode 165
Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle?
2014-05-23

Episode 166
Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown
2014-05-27

Episode 167
Tyrannical Teens
2014-06-02

Episode 168
Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle?
2014-05-23

Episode 169
Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown
2014-05-27

Episode 170
Parental Alienation: Who’s to Blame?
2014-06-03

Episode 171
Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums
2014-06-05

Episode 172
Love, Lies, Scams, Murder
2014-07-14

Episode 173
A Mother Consumed with Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family?
2014-07-15

Episode 174
Bully Teacher?/DNA Dilemma
2014-07-16

Episode 175
Deadly Relations
2014-07-17

Episode 176
Did Walt Kill His Ex-Girlfriend? The Polygraph Test Results Revealed!
2014-09-08

Episode 177
Not-So-Sweet 16: “My Daughter’s Dangerous Sex Life”
2014-08-06

Episode 178
Tyrannical Teens
2014-06-02

Information

Creator	Oprah Winfrey, Phil McGraw
Episode air date	17.03.2014
Episode runtime	42 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Talk
TMDB series rating	4.5
IMDb series rating	3.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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