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Judge Sends Kids Back to Polygamist Parents

Posted Jun 2, 08 10:45 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – A Texas judge ordered more than 400 children returned to their polygamist parents today, the AP reports. Parents could begin picking up their children at 10 this morning, but were ordered not to leave the state or interfere with ongoing child-abuse investigations.

The ruling comes just days after the Texas Supreme Court said the state had overstepped its bounds by taking the children in its raid on the polygamist ranch. Federal laws require an effort be made to keep children with their parents.

Source Associated Press

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Martha Emack, one of the parents from from the Yearning For Zion Ranch at Eldorado, Texas, approaches a news conference outside the Texas Capitol Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Austin, Texas.   (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints depart from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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