[ExI] flds raid, was general repudiation...

[Amara Graps]

Some excellent news for your weekend:

Texas Supreme Court: Return FLDS children to parents
http://origin.sltrib.com/ci_9417661

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"SAN ANGELO, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the
state must return some 130 children taken into state custody following
an early April raid on a polygamous sect's West Texas ranch.

However, the decision likely will affect about 320 other children from
the ranch who now are living in foster homes and shelters throughout the
state, attorneys for their parents said.

By a six-to-three majority, the justices decided that a district court
judge improperly removed the children, like their parents members of The
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."

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The basic result is that 'Child Protection' (my quotes on purpose)
Services will need to make their charges of abuse on a case-by-case
basis, instead of en-masse in the way that they did.

The kids are scattered in foster homes all over Texas, so it will take
a few days for all of them to be returned, but it looks like their
two month nightmare will be ended very soon.

Amara


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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado