9 Stories on Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Texas child welfare officials have asked a judge to order a teenage member of a polygamous sect to let them take DNA from her infant so they can determine the father's identity, according to court documents filed in the case.
Removing 460 children from a polygamist sect compound and then reuniting them with their families will cost Texas $7 million, according to the state Department of Family and Protective Services.
Parents' hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed
It sounds like legal mumbo-jumbo.
Texas Child Protective Services workers were turned back from a polygamist sect's ranch Wednesday when they tried to investigate reports that some children remained at the compound, a lawyer for the sect said.
An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.
A judge will allow DNA testing this week to help identify 416 children taken from a fundamentalist Mormon ranch
As a custody hearing begins, residents of Eldorado, Texas, recall their first suspicions about the strange newcomers
Texas removed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch. Now the state has to figure out their future
Texas child welfare officials have asked a judge to order a teenage member of a polygamous sect to let them take DNA from her infant so they can determine the father's identity, according to court documents filed in the case.
Removing 460 children from a polygamist sect compound and then reuniting them with their families will cost Texas $7 million, according to the state Department of Family and Protective Services.
Parents' hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed
It sounds like legal mumbo-jumbo.
Texas Child Protective Services workers were turned back from a polygamist sect's ranch Wednesday when they tried to investigate reports that some children remained at the compound, a lawyer for the sect said.
An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.
A judge will allow DNA testing this week to help identify 416 children taken from a fundamentalist Mormon ranch
As a custody hearing begins, residents of Eldorado, Texas, recall their first suspicions about the strange newcomers
Texas removed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch. Now the state has to figure out their future
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