Reuters
May 23, 2008
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The state overstepped its authority when it removed some of about 460 children from a polygamist compound last month, a state appeals court ruled yesterday.
Texas Child Protective Services and police "failed to establish that the need for protection of the children was urgent and required immediate removal of the children," the court declared.
The Court of Appeals opinion gives a lower court, which initially approved the state's actions seizing the renegade Mormon sect kids, 10 days to act.
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