Problems continue for a Debary family after they fought to keep chickens at their home as therapy for their autistic son.
In November, the Hart family and their 2-year-old son JJ came under fire for having a chicken coop in their backyard.
They were cited for those chickens, even though the Harts explained the chickens were therapeutic for JJ.
JJ has three chickens now.
That’s because city leaders were compelled to pass a chicken pilot program after all the media attention.
"Well he's definitely more social and I attribute a lot of that to the chickens and the therapy that he was in," explained his mother, Ashleigh Hart.
But the issue has not been fully resolved.
Under the pilot program, JJ's parents still need certified signatures from neighbors, despite all the attention and petitions the issue first attracted.
Hart says the cost of those certified signatures equals the cost of two therapies for JJ.
On top of that, when the Harts tried refinancing their home to pay mounting bills, the first violation for having chickens came back to haunt them.
The Harts say the mortgage company holding their title would not refinance their home unless that first city ordinance violation was lifted.
Debary City Manager Dan Parrott said the city contacted the title company to permit the Harts to refinance their home.
However, the first chicken coop fine is still in the books and they are still in violation.
Hart says she's had enough.
"I don't want anybody else to have to go through what we've gone through. And I want it to stop. I want to be able to focus on JJ's therapies and I want to be able to focus on my family," Hart said.
The Debary city manager said the first violation should be lifted once the Hart's make all the necessary arrangements to enter the chicken pilot program.