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Child Protective Services

Court lets CPS end oversight of 34 FLDS children

by admin on August 16, 2008

A West Texas judge on Friday agreed to end court oversight of 34 children from a polyamist group. Child Protective Services indicated last week that it would no longer pursue legal action against the parents of 34 children because the agency felt they were not in immediate danger. On Friday, State District Judge Barbara Walther agreed to the motion, without comment.

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Texas ends several polygamous-sect custody cases

by admin on August 15, 2008

State child welfare authorities have decided that the courts no longer need to oversee 34 children taken from a polygamous sect’s ranch in west Texas.

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Love Your Lawyer Suit!

by admin on July 1, 2008

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Two Alpine attorneys help win back custody of hundreds of children taken by Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services in the April raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas.

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Texas Supreme Court: Sect Children Should Be Returned To Parents

by admin on May 29, 2008

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In a crushing blow to the state’s massive seizure of children from a polygamist sect’s ranch, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that child welfare officials overstepped their authority and the children should go back to their parents.

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CPS concedes sect mom was 18 when she gave birth

by admin on May 13, 2008

Texas Child Protective Services conceded Tuesday a pregnant teen taken from a polygamists’ ranch in West Texas was an adult when she gave birth in San Marcos last month, casting some doubt on the statistics released by the agency that more than 20 underage girls were pregnant or had given birth.

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