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Sect Kids Aren't Going Home

Lawyer objects at last minute to release of 460+ children

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted May 30, 2008 9:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – The parents of children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will not see their kids on Monday after all. At the last minute, a lawyer objected to the state's deal with the sect and stopped the judge from ordering the children's release. Now the judge plans to get them home by canceling the original order to raid the sect, the San Antonio Express-News reports.

Martha Emack, one of the parents from from the Yearning For Zion Ranch at Eldorado, Texas, approaches a news conference outside the Texas Capitol yesterday.
Martha Emack, one of the parents from from the Yearning For Zion Ranch at Eldorado, Texas, approaches a news conference outside the Texas Capitol yesterday.   (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
A spokesperson for the families of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
A spokesperson for the families of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.   (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
An FLDS member sits on the steps of her Texas ranch.
An FLDS member sits on the steps of her Texas ranch.   (AP Photo/Keith Johnson, Deseret News)
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can get their children back beginning Monday under a ruling between the sect and the state of Texas.
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can get their children back beginning Monday under a ruling between the sect and the state of Texas.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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