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Too many unanswered questions plague Eldorado polygamist cases

By Gritsforbreakfast

The short-term fate of more than 400 kids taken from the YFZ polygamist compound in West Texas will be decided today in a San Angelo courtroom, but to judge by this story from ABC News, no one is considering any specific abuse allegations or the best interests of any individual kid. Rather,One idea under discussion is to appoint one lawyer to speak at the hearing on behalf of each age group: children under 5, teenage girls and teenage boys, for example. If the state does retain custody, the children will be placed with relatives or in foster homes. Otherwise, they will go back to the ranch, perhaps under the supervision of a state monitor.ABC News says Texas CPS will likely argue that the entire YFZ Ranch is a single "household," which seems like a stretch given its division into atomic families with their own domiciles...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 17, 2008 (boomark / email).