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Officials, lawyers, scrambling to manage the biggest family law case in Texas history

By Gritsforbreakfast

"Tom Vick is looking for about 100 lawyers willing to volunteer for what likely is the biggest family law case in Texas history," reports Texas Lawyer's John Council in an excellent article on the behind-the-scenes wrangling to gear up for the removal hearings for 400+ kids from the YFZ ("Yearning for Zion") compound in Eldorado. "The removal petitions CPS filed on April 7 will test the state?s civil justice system in an unprecedented way because of the sheer volume of litigants."Vick is seeking the names, addresses and phone numbers of family lawyers willing to volunteer as ad litems in the CPS removal actions. The case is so large that the 120 lawyers in San Angelo, the city with the most attorneys near tiny Eldorado, can?t possibly handle it, Vick says...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 11, 2008 (boomark / email).