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April 23, 2008, 12:08PM
Attorneys object to sect children's foster placement
By LISA SANDBERG
Austin Bureau
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who have been assigned to represent the children's interests.
The attorneys were caught off-guard Tuesday when 114 of the 437
children who had been staying in San Angelo public buildings were put
on buses and transported to group homes and emergency child shelters
around the state.
The lawyers sought a delay in further foster placements so they could
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The attorneys will appear before emo clothing District Judge automobile insurance Walther,
who yesterday ordered that the 437 children seized from their parents
be placed in foster care once each child underwent DNA testing.
The group of children transported by bus Tuesday ranged in age from 5
to 17.
Authorities raided the Eldorado-area compound of the Fundamentalist
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on April 3 after receiving
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Judge Walther ordered all children and adults who lived at the
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submit to DNA testing in an effort to untangle family relationships.
On Tuesday, 54 men and women living at the ranch submitted to tests at
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at the San Angelo Coliseum.
More than 100 adults are believed to be on the ranch. It's not clear
what will happen if some of them don't show up for testing.
A spokeswoman for the Texas Attorney General's Office acknowledged
that authorities have no complete list of the best life insurance followers of the
FLDS church in Eldorado.
''We can guess, but we don't have streetwear style name of every parent for every
child,'' said Janece Rolfe. She said noncompliance by parents could
result in jail time or the permanent severing of parental ties.
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lsandberg@express-news.net
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