How is all this affecting Marcus' siblings?

Trevino custody case is delayed indefinitely
Dave Greber, Hamilton Journal News, Oct. 17, 2006, News pg. A2.

The case of Donna Trevino, the Middletown mother of Marcus Fiesel who is fighting for custody of her two other children, has been delayed indefinitely, pending the return of her attorney from maternity leave.

In response to attorney Jennifer Coatney's maternity leave, Butler County Juvenile Court Administrator Rob Clevenger said Monday: "At this point, we'll wait."The court has not been given a date for Coatney's return but Clevenger said the court will continue to try to determine one.

Trevino is the birth mother of Marcus, the 3-year-old developmentally disabled boy who died while he was in foster care.

Marcus was killed in early August when his foster parents allegedly locked him in a closet of their house in Clermont County's Union Township for two days wrapped in a blanket bound with tape.

Trevino, who lost custody of all three of her children in April after Marcus was found wandering the streets, is fighting for her other two children, ages 1 and 10.

Since the custody case began, Trevino and Butler County Children Services, which has legal guardianship of the woman's children, have attempted to keep the public out of the proceedings.
Both parties filed motions to close the custody disposition hearing and additional motions to close the closure hearings.

A juvenile court magistrate overruled the motion to close the closure hearings.

The closure hearing, which will be scheduled with Coatney's office, will decide whether to open the disposition hearing to the public.