The mother of 6-year-old Nadia King is considering a lawsuit after an elementary school’s child crisis provider invoked the state’s Baker Act, placing the girl at a behavioral health center ...

A 6-year-old special needs girl in Florida was involuntarily committed to a mental health facility because she was “out of control” at school, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office ...

Nadia moved through the system — from the school to the police to the mental institution, all without her mother’s consent — under a controversial Florida law known as the Baker Act.

Authorities were called to the Love Grove Elementary School last week after the girl, Nadia King ... psychiatric evaluation under Florida’s Baker Act, the report states. The Baker Act allows ...