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Texas Concedes Sect Mother of Baby Born in State Custody Is Not a Minor
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Texas child welfare officials conceded Tuesday that a newborn's mother, held in foster care as a minor after being removed from a polygamous sect's ranch, is an adult. (article 4)
" We were presented with credible evidence that this minor is, in fact, an adult said CPS spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner. (article 4)
In advance of court hearings that begin Monday, Child Protective Services has drafted 10 goals and 14 tasks that parents will have to work toward in order to regain custody of their children. (article 1)
CPS is proposing to give parents until next April to "provide a home free of persons who have or will abuse" children and " demonstrate the ability to protect the child (ren) from sexual abuse. (article 1)
A mother taken from a polygamist sect and being held as a minor in state custody gave birth Monday to a baby boy who was immediately taken into child-protective custody. (article 2)
Matassarin said CPS was struggling to place the mother and newborn late Monday because of possible exposure to chicken pox at an Austin shelter where other sect children are living. (article 2)
A Child Protective Services attorney told state District Judge Barbara Walther on Tuesday that the mother of a boy born April 29 is not a minor. (article 3)
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sect, custody, CPS, children, Ranch |
Source articles
- Moms may not get kids back unless they distance themselves from polygamist religon (dallasnews.com, 05/14/2008, 1069 words)
- Second Polygamist Sect Baby Born Into Texas State Custody (FOX News, 05/13/2008, 593 words)
- Texas Concedes Sect Mother of Baby Born in State Custody Is Not a Minor (FOX News, 05/13/2008, 465 words)
- Polygamist Newborn's Mom Not a Minor After All; Same Could be True for Sect's Other New Mother (FOX News, 05/14/2008, 433 words)
- Anderson Cooper 360: Polygamy « (ac360.blogs.cnn.com, 05/14/2008, 204 words)
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