Today, on the fourth day of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Texas appeals court hearings, the court ruled in favor of the 38 mothers that had challenged the removal of their children.
It’s been over six weeks since the state took custody of 460 FLDS children. The children ranging from infancy to adulthood were removed abruptly from their Eldorado compound based on a phone call from an alleged sect member siting abuse. A phone call that’s been proven to be nothing more than a hoax.
The court overturned the sect custody case because the children at the Yearning For Zion Ranch were not in an urgent need of protection and no attempts were made to make it possible for children to remain with their parents.
The court also said today that it was wrong for the state to consider the entire ranch as an individual household.
Amazingly enough it turns out that the state “took custody” of 15 adult females that child welfare authorities decided were teenagers. Even when I.D. was shown as proof of age, the women were ignored. The oldest woman that they forced from the ranch was 27.
Although today’s ruling was a victory for the polygamist parents, it is not yet known when the children will be returned to them.
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