More FLDS custody cases could be dropped by Texas
Posted by at 15 August, 2008, 12:37 pmRead the full story at: Deseret News
Texas child welfare authorities will not say if they plan to drop more cases involving children taken in the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church’s YFZ Ranch.
“Those decisions will be made as we complete individual investigations,” Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said Thursday.
CPS recently filed to nonsuit 32 cases involving children where it has either no evidence of abuse or it believes the parents have taken sufficient steps to protect children from abuse.
“We’re glad to see that CPS recognizes that these mothers are good parents who love their children and are going to do what they need to do to protect their children,” said Cynthia Martinez with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, which represents four mothers whose cases have been nonsuited.
“This decision may come four months after the raid, but it proves that the courts were right — these mothers are good parents, and their children were never at risk.”
The decision to nonsuit means that the families are no longer under CPS jurisdiction, attorneys said. But roughly 400 children’s cases are yet to be decided. Court-ordered parenting classes are under way, with FLDS mothers involved and attending.
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