Nadine Parker and daughters Ja'Meka Norman, 8, and Ra'Kia Norman, 10.

Minnesota resident Nadine Parker finally found a mental health worker who was able to help her two daughter’s deal with behaviors such as self-injury and bedwetting.

However, when her mental health worker Vanessa Slivken left for a new job a Minnesota non-competition clause banned Slivken from seeing former clients such as Parker’s  children for a year. According to this article in Minnesota Public Radio, Parker may file a lawsuit to challenge the non-competition rule, which is being used in other states.

National Association of Social Workers Minnesota Chapter Executive Director Alan Ingram says such rules are unfair because they hurt mental health consumers. “I’d like to see a case like this go to the Supreme Court,” he said.