A juvenile court in L'Aquila (a city in the Abruzzo region of central Italy) has approved a staged reunification plan for a British-Australian couple whose three children were placed in residential care last November after authorities raised concerns about the family's off-grid lifestyle. Under the ruling, Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham will be permitted daytime visits immediately, with weekend overnight stays to begin from October, subject to monitoring by social services. The case, which ignited debate in Italy over alternative lifestyles and the limits of state intervention in family life, began after the family was hospitalised following mushroom poisoning, prompting authorities to investigate their remote farmhouse living conditions.