May 30th, 2008 · The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Child Protective Services overstepped their bounds when it seized children from a ranch in Texas. The ranch is home to the polygamist sect called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrick Crimmins of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services speaks with Host Madeleine Brand about the ruling.
Keywords: children · Texas · Saints · Sects · Polygamist · Texas Supreme Court · overstepped · Child Protective Services · Protective Services · Patrick Crimmins · Texas Department of Family · Host Madeleine Brand
May 30th, 2008 · Child welfare officials in Texas say they'll take immediate steps to comply with a state Supreme Court ruling that children removed from a polygamist compound be reunited with their parents. The court said welfare officials overstepped their authority.
Keywords: Child · children · Texas · Supreme Court · Welfare · authority · reunite · Polygamist · unwarranted · overstepped
May 29th, 2008 · Texas' Supreme Court has ruled that dozens of children seized by state officials during an April raid of a Texas ranch must be returned to their parents. It also says their removal "was not warranted."
Keywords: children · Texas · Sects · Polygamist · Texas Supreme Court
May 29th, 2008 · The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that polygamist sect children at the heart of an ongoing controversy in that state should be returned to parents. The more than 400 children were taken from the Yearning For Zion Ranch weeks ago amid charges of underage sex at the ranch. A lower court says welfare officials were wrong to take the children from their parents.
Keywords: Sex · underage · children · Controversy · Texas · Welfare · Sects · Polygamist · Texas Supreme Court · Yearning For Zion Ranch
May 23rd, 2008 · A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch. The court said the state did not prove that all the removals of children from their parents were justified. The ruling could mean the children are returned to their parents within 10 days.
Keywords: children · Texas · Polygamist
May 22nd, 2008 · A Texas court has ruled that child welfare officials had insufficient reason to remove more than 400 children from the ranch of polygamist group the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Keywords: Child · children · Texas · Welfare · Polygamist · FLDS
May 22nd, 2008 · A Texas appeals court overturns a lower court ruling that placed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in state custody. It's unclear if state authorities will appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
Keywords: children · Custody · Texas · Unclear · Overturns · Polygamist · Texas Supreme Court · Polygamy
May 16th, 2008 · The Merry Wives Cafe is owned and operated by members of a polygamist group with a sense of business, humor and public relations. The Utah cafe opened last year to give locals and travelers a place to eat. It also allows owners to gently confront polygamy's battered image.
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