Appeals Court Rules for Polygamist Mothers

May 22nd, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Texas’ Third District Court of Appeals in Austin has ruled that state officials lacked legal authority to remove more than 400 children from the FLDS ranch in West Texas in April.

We have detailed some of the legal problems with Child Protective Services’ seizure of the sect’s children. The AP brief about the ruling is here. We’ll post more details and reaction this afternoon.

by Dave Mann

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2 Responses to “Appeals Court Rules for Polygamist Mothers”

Nunya Bidness says:
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
You gotta feel for CPS. They were damned if they did, damned if they didn’t.
Court Says CPS Acted Rashly | Texas Observer Blog says:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
[…] ruling today by a state appeals court in Austin has thrown the case of the FLDS children into even more […]

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