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GROUPS TO THANK and SUPPORT FOR HELPING SAVE THE FAMILIES OF TEXAS FROM SB 1440

These groups/persons/organizations were instrumental in organizing AND carrying out the massive SB 1440 Veto Campaign

Texans for Accountable Government

(Special thanks to Chuck Young-you are the organizing guru!  You made this campaign your mission and we will be forever grateful!)

   www.tagtexas.org

Texas Libertarian Party

    www.tx.lp.org

Texas Campaign for Liberty

    www.campaignforliberty.com

Texas Republican Liberty Caucus

    www.rlctexas.org

Citizen's Commission on Human Rights Texas

    www.cchr-texas.org

Constitution Party of Texas

    www.cptexas.us/

Texas Eagle Forum

    www.eagleforum.org

Free Market Foundation

    www.freemarket.org

Texas Home School Coalition

    www.thsc.org

Texas Right to Life

    www.texasrighttolife.com

National Coalition for Child Protection Reform

    www.nccpr.org

Home School Legal Defense Association

    www.hslda.org

Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.

    www.garloward.com

Chris Branson, Esquire

    www.bransonlegal.com

Robert Morrow, Grassroots Activist Extraordinaire

David Cary, President-Family Focus

Dr. Steven Hotze, M.D.

   www.drhotze.com

Cecilia M. Wood, Esquire

    www.ceciliawoodlaw.com

Texas Center for Family Rights

    www.txcfr.org

Katherine Albrecht Radio Show

    www.katherinealbrecht.com

Rule of Law Radio

    www.ruleoflawradio.com

Alex Jones Radio Show

    www.infowars.com

 

 

 

TEXAS GOVERNOR PERRY

VETOES SB 1440

(LINK to Gov Perry Statement on Veto of SB 1440)

 

TEXAS FAMILIES CAN BREATHE A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF

THANK YOU GOVERNOR PERRY FOR LISTENING TO TEXAS FAMILIES

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GOT THE WORD OUT, MADE CALLS, AND SENT LETTERS AND EMAILS

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY

YOUR CALLS MADE THE DIFFERENCE

THE TRUE VOICE OF TEXAS CHILDREN WHO WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WAS HEARD

THE TRUE VOICE OF TEXAS CHILDREN WHO DO NOT WANT UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES WAS HEARD

CONSTITUTIONAL 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS REMAIN IN TACT FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

 

 

 

 

FAMILY-THREATENING LEGISLATION NEEDS VETO

VETO SENATE BILL 1440

 

URGENT:  PLEASE, CALL, EMAIL, FAX, OR TEXT TEXAS GOVERNOR PERRY'S OFFICE IMMEDIATELY ASKING HIM TO VETO TEXAS SB 1440

(Click here for official press release)

(Click here for press conference videos)

(Click here for the more information concerning the call for veto)

 

This bill was originally filed as SB 1064 by Senator Kirk Watson (Democrat:  Austin for Travis County-part) which DID NOT make it to passage.  The language was then AMENDED onto Senator Watson's own SB 1440 by Representative Patrick Rose (Democrat:  Dripping Springs for Blanco, Caldwell, Hays Counties) and passed this weekend on May 30, 2009. Families are at risk again and this legislation needs to be vetoed! 

Why would the Chair of the House Human Services Committee (Mr. Rose) allow this legislation to even pass out of committee? Why would he allow the families already so devestated by CPS actions, who fought so courageously, to be further harmed now after Appeals all the way to the Texas Supreme Court and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (FLDS and Gary and Melissa Gates) struck down CPS actions and SENT THE MESSAGE TO CPS THAT THEY COULD NOT OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTITUTION? 

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) in turn did a remarkable job after these rulings by changing, adjusting, re-educating, and clarifying their Policies and Procedures Hand-Book and employees knowledge so that these rulings would be upheld and their work in investigations and with families could be improved.  DFPS was on the right track and they were getting the message!  Now the legislature has placed all that work in jeopardy as well as the efforts by DFPS to rectify how they are supposed to protect children and help families.  Shame on the Texas Legislature!

(KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT IN ANY WAY HINDER THE EMERGENCY EX-PARTE HEARING, AND SUBSEQUENT ORDERS FOR EMERGENCY REMOVAL, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR CPS TO USE IN THOSE CASES OF OBVIOUS, IMMEDIATELY PROVABLE ABUSE.  CHILDREN IN THAT SITUATION ARE NOT GOING TO BE LEFT THERE BECAUSE OF THIS LAW.  CPS STILL MAINTAINS THEIR USUAL AND NECESSARY DISCRETIONARY POWER FOR AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL, ON THE SPOT, THAT IS NEEDED FOR THOSE OBVIOUS CASES.)

 DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN? 

ARE THEY SAFE? 

EVERY FAMILY IS JUST ONE PHONE CALL AWAY FROM A CPS INVESTIGATION! 

 

Telephone to Governor Perry's offices:

  • Citizen's Opinion Hotline [for Texas callers] :
    (800) 252-9600
  • Office of the Governor Main Switchboard [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST] :
    (512) 463-2000
  • Citizen's Assistance Telecommunications Device
    If you are using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD),
    call 711 to reach Relay Texas
  • Office of the Governor Fax:
    (512) 463-1849

 

EMAIL VIA:  governor.state.tx.us/contact/

Call your Texas Representatives and Senators and express your OUTRAGE AND ANGER over their unanimous passage of this family-threatening, constitution-infringing, rights-trampling bill:  www.legis.state.tx.us/

Call even if you are NOT from Texas because if this gets signed by the governor, it could be coming to the state where you live next!!!!!!

THIS BILL GIVES TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES MORE QUASI-POWER THAN THE POLICE! (simple court order to enter your home with NO probable cause instead of strict warrant rules)

THIS BILL CHALLENGES THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (families will not know they can refuse the court order on their 4th amendment rights because it is a court order with no hearing and no good cause shown-they may feel threatened by the court order and in turn "consent" under duress to a non-warrant search of their home and seizure of their children in ignorance and fear of the court orders being waived at their doors like a search warrant AND if they refuse to allow entrance, transport, or records confiscation they can then be charged with interfering in an investigation or held in contempt of court for asserting their Constitutonal Rights and even for misunderstanding the whole confusing process)

THIS BILL ALLOWS CPS EMPLOYEES TO GAIN ACCESS TO RECORDS and TRANSPORT YOUR CHILDREN FOR QUESTIONING IF THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT! (bill does not allow families to receive prior notice that the court order on their records is being executed or that their children are being transported for questioning)

THIS BILL DENIES PARENTS A HEARING BEFORE COURT ORDERS ARE SIGNED AGAINST THEM-CPS MAY SWEAR TO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. (no due process for families under investigation whatsoever)

THIS BILL REMOVES "FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN" EXPLICITLY WHICH ALLOWS CPS TO JUST WANT TO GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR CHILD, ENTER YOUR HOME, AND LOOK AT YOUR RECORDS FOR ANY REASON THEY DEEM NECESSARY FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION. THEY ONLY NEED TO SAY THEY WANT SOMETHING TO "AID THEIR INVESTIGATION" AND IT'S THAT SIMPLE! (no probable cause protections whatsoever)

 It will be easier than ever to use anonymous reporting to retaliate against families if this passes.  No protections or rights against ABUSE OF POWER will be left in place!

HERE IS THE TEXT OF THIS BILL BEING SENT TO THE GOVERNOR: (important section highlighted in red - new sections added to existing law are underlined - the crossed out sections used to be in law but will be struck out after bill gets signed)

Link to Senate Bill 1440 on TX Legislature website: 

www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01440F.pdf

S.B. No. 1440

AN ACT

relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases and to the investigation of child abuse and neglect.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 201.1041, Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge, other than a proposed order or judgment providing for enforcement by contempt or the immediate incarceration of a party, shall become the order or judgment of the referring court by operation of law without the signature of the judge of the referring court or ratification by the referring court.

SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 201.2041, Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge becomes the order or judgment of the referring court by operation of law without the signature of the judge of the referring court or ratification by the referring court.

(HERE IS THE PART ADDRESSING CPS INVESTIGATIONS)

SECTION 3.  Section 261.302, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g)  The department, without filing suit, may seek a court order in aid of an investigation under Section 261.303.

SECTION 4.  Section 261.303, Family Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), (c-3), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m) to read as follows:

(a)  A person may not interfere with an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect conducted by the department or designated agency, and a court may render an order to assist the department in an investigation under this subchapter.

(b)  If admission to the home, school, or any place where the child may be cannot be obtained, or if consent to transport a child for purposes relating to an interview or investigation cannot be obtained, then, on presentation of an application supported by an affidavit described by Subsection (c-2) that is executed by an investigator or authorized representative of the department, [for good cause shown] the court having family law jurisdiction, including any associate judge designated by the court, may, on finding that the affidavit is sufficient and without prior notice or a hearing, [shall] order the parent, the person responsible for the care of the children, or the person in charge of any place where the child may be to allow entrance, transport of the child, or both entrance and transport for the interview, examination, and investigation.

(c)  If a parent or person responsible for the child's care does not consent to release of the child's prior medical, psychological, or psychiatric records or to a medical, psychological, or psychiatric examination of the child that is requested by the department or designated agency, then, on presentation of an application supported by an affidavit described by Subsection (c-2) that is executed by an investigator or authorized representative of the department, the court having family law jurisdiction, including any associate judge designated by the court, may, on finding that the affidavit is sufficient and without prior notice or a hearing [shall, for good cause shown], order the records to be released or the examination to be made at the times and places designated by the court.

(c-1)  If a person having possession of records relating to a child that are relevant to an investigation does not consent to the release of the records on the request of the department or designated agency, then, on presentation of an application supported by an affidavit described by Subsection (c-2) that is executed by an investigator or authorized representative of the department, the court having family law jurisdiction, including any associate judge designated by the court, may, on finding that the affidavit is sufficient and without prior notice or a hearing, order the records to be released at the time and place designated by the court.

(c-2)  An application filed under this section must be accompanied by an affidavit executed by an investigator or authorized representative of the department that states facts sufficient to lead a person of ordinary prudence and caution to believe that:

(1)  based on information available, a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been or may be adversely affected by abuse or neglect;

(2)  the requested order is necessary to aid in the investigation; and

(3)  there is a fair probability that allegations of abuse or neglect will be sustained if the order is issued and executed.

(c-3)  An application and supporting affidavit used to obtain a court order in aid of an investigation under this section may be filed on any day, including Sunday.

(f)  A court may designate an associate judge to render an order in aid of an investigation under this section.  An order rendered by an associate judge is immediately effective without the ratification or signature of the court making the designation.

(g)  As soon as practicable after executing the order or attempting to execute the order, as applicable, the department shall file with the clerk of the court that rendered the order a written report stating:

(1)  the facts surrounding the execution of the order, including the date and time the order was executed and the name of the investigator or authorized representative executing the order; or

(2)  the reasons why the department was unable to execute the order.

(h)  A court issuing an order in aid of an investigation under this section shall keep a record of all the proceedings before the court under this subchapter, including a report filed with the court under Subsection (g).  The record of proceedings, including any application and supporting affidavit presented to the court and any report filed with the court under Subsection (g), is confidential and may only be disclosed as provided by Subsection (i) or Section 261.201.

(i)  If the department files a suit under Chapter 262, the department shall include with its original petition a copy of the record of all the proceedings before the court under this subchapter, including an application and supporting affidavit for an order under this section and any report relating to an order in aid of an investigation.

(j)  As soon as practicable after the department obtains access to records of a child under an order in aid of an investigation, the department shall notify the child's parents or another person with legal custody of the child that the department has obtained the records.

(k)  Access to a confidential record under this subchapter does not constitute a waiver of confidentiality.

(l)  This section does not prevent a court from requiring notice and a hearing before issuance of an order in aid of an investigation under this section if the court determines that:

(1)  there is no immediate risk to the safety of the child; and

(2)  notice and a hearing are required to determine whether the requested access to persons, records, or places or transport of the child is necessary to aid in the investigation.

(m)  A court's denial of a request for an ex parte order under this section does not prevent the issuance of a criminal warrant.

SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

 

______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1440 passed the Senate on April 16, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

 

______________________________
    Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1440 passed the House, with amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, one present not voting.

 

 

______________________________
    Chief Clerk of the House

 

 

Approved:


______________________________
             Date



______________________________
           Governor

 

 

PLEASE JOIN TEXAS CITIZENS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THEIR OWN LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE PASSED THIS DANGEROUS LEGISLATION AGAINST FAMILIES.  CALL, EMAIL, FAX, OR TEXT GOVERNOR PERRY'S OFFICE AND ASK HIM TO VETO THIS BILL.

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN?  ARE THEY SAFE?

 

Parent Guidance Center

MISSION

To equip the parents of children who have been removed from their homes by Children's Protective Services (CPS) with the necessary tools to become successful families by providing guidance with dignity, support services, education, and resource coordination in Texas and beyond, to promote family reunification, and to provide preventative help to families at risk for abuse and neglect.

VISION

It is in the best interest of a child for his or her parents to get better.

PHILOSOPHY

Reunifying families and preventing future abuse and neglect.

 

PARENTS!!!  If you are under investigation by CPS OR

if your child has ALREADY been removed from your home by CPS,

then immediately download this guide:

"A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System"

 

Executive Director, Johana Scot, featured in new book about everyday citizens making a difference.

BEING THE DIFFERENCE: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World

Click here for link to book at Amazon.com

 

WE SEEK TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM THROUGH AWARENESS, ANOTHER SIDE NOT OFTEN HEARD-THE FORGOTTEN STAKEHOLDER-THE PARENTS

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

Parent Guidance Center

9600 Escarpment Blvd, Suite 745-255

Austin, TX 78749

 

Released by: Judy Powell, Communications Director

Telephone: 832-592-1323

Email: judy@parentguidancecenter.org

 

June 4, 2009

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

FLDS-STYLE RAID COMING TO A HOME NEAR YOU

COMPLIMENTS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE

 

Austin, Texas:  The Texas Legislature passed a new law, SB 1440, on May 30th which will potentially suspend 4th amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure during the investigation phase of child protection cases

 

Activists, advocates, and parents across Texas are calling for Governor Perry to veto SB 1440 to protect families' Constitutional rights.

 

All families are at risk in the state of Texas if the governor signs this bill.  The FLDS case, where Texas took over 400 children based on the “umbrella of beliefs” held by their parents and no tangible evidence of abuse or neglect, demonstrated the sweeping power that the government wields against families, even when reports are false.  Rights are ignored in the name of “child protection.” 

 

If SB 1440 is not vetoed, Child Protective Services will be able to gain access to people’s homes and children by merely presenting an affidavit to the court asking for a court order to “aid in an investigation.” 

 

This dispenses with a search warrant based on probable cause or a hearing during which parents can defend themselves and CPS must prove “good cause” for obtaining access to children and their medical and mental health records.

 

“If after being served this order, parents assert their 4th amendment rights, they may be held in contempt of court!” said Johana Scot , executive director of Parent Guidance Center , an organization that helps parents involved in CPS cases.  “How can this be in the best interest of a child in the United States of America ?”

 

The original bill (SB 1064 by Kirk Watson) died on the floor but was revived by Patrick Rose as a last minute amendment to Watson’s SB 1440 and seeks to get around obstacles to information gathering with merely a court order issued for “aid in an investigation” when accusations of abuse or neglect are made “based on information available” which in the case of the FLDS was a hoax phone call. 

 

Parents who do NOT agree to let their children be questioned, transported, or traumatized by strangers could then be presented with a court order sworn by “an investigator or authorized representative of the department” who could then gain access to their property, records, and children.  These court orders can also be obtained without a family’s knowledge that they are being investigated.

 

The new law goes even further by striking the term “for good cause shown” and lowers the evidentiary bar by only requiring “fair probability that allegations of abuse or neglect will be sustained if the order is issued or executed.” 

 

A search warrant requires probable cause; CPS investigations will no longer require good cause at all.  Anonymous reports and lack of a hearing will place all families in jeopardy.

 

“It is disappointing and disturbing that the Texas Legislature would seek to get around court rulings that kept families’ rights in place,” Scot said. 

 

“This bill puts families between a rock and a hard place with confusing language that makes the law harder for ordinary citizens to understand rather than clarifying it.” 

 

The Department of Family and Protective Services has already made great strides to change their policies and procedures after these court rulings.

 

 

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Press Conference Videos

Wednesday 6/10/2009

Tim Lambert, Texas Home School Coalition

Brian Russell, Texas Eagle Forum and SREC Rep Party

Jonathan Saenz, Free Market Foundation

Jerri Lynn Ward, Attorney on behalf of Parent Guidance Center

Debra Medina, Campaign for Liberty

Paul Perry, Active Mediator in cases involving children

Robert Butler, Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Texas

Pierre DeRochemont, Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas

 

 News Minimize

June 24, 2009

SWEET VICTORY: TEXAS GOVERNOR VETOS "TAKE AWAY YOUR CHILD ACT"

June 20, 2009

PERRY VETOES PRE-K EXPANSION, COLLEGE HEALTH CHANGE (AND SB 1440)

June 18, 2009

WEXLER: TEXAS SUPREME COURT CLARIFIED CHILD PROTECTION LAWS, BUT SB 1440 UNDERMINES THEM

COALITION ASKS TEXAS GOVERNOR TO VETO "TAKE AWAY YOUR CHILD ACT"

June 11, 2009

GROUPS SQUARE OFF OVER CHILD ABUSE BILL

June 9, 2009

GROUPS URGING PERRY TO VETO BILL THAT WOULD INCREASE CPS' POWER

June 6, 2009

FORMER CPS DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR CHILD MOLESTATION

June 2, 2009

CPS SUPERVISOR FILES FALSE REPORT; TRIED AND CONVICTED

May 30, 2009

PEARLAND, TX: CPS COVER UP OF SEX ASSAULT ON CHILD; AGENCY SUPERVISOR'S SON IS ALLEGED OFFENDER

May 30, 2009

MICHIGAN STATE OFFICIALS EASE FOSTER CARE RULES ON RELATIVES

May 22, 2009

TEXAS BILL COULD LEAD TO MORE CHILDREN BEING IN CUSTODY OF RELATIVES, NOT FOSTER CARE

May 21, 2009

RADIO HOST SAYS 8-YEAR-OLD STRIP-SEARCHED

May 17, 2009

FLDS: TX RANGER TESTIFIES ABOUT KNOWLEDGE BEFORE RAID

May 16, 2009

FLDS:  TX STILL DEFENDING RAID EVEN AFTER COURT RULING AND RETURN OF CHILDREN

May 15, 2009

FLDS: CHALLENGE TO SEARCH WARRANT

May 7, 2009

FLDS: ONLY CHILD STILL IN STATE CUSTODY ALLOWED TO MOVE IN WITH RELATIVE

April 25, 2009

CASTING STONES: MOTHER ATTEMPTS TO TEACH BICKERING DAUGHTERS LESSON-ENTER CPS

March 29, 2009

FLDS:  YFZ RANCH ONE YEAR LATER

March 25, 2009

CPS: TAKING THE ONES THEY SHOULD LEAVE; LEAVING THE ONES THEY SHOULD TAKE

February 9, 2009

NPR RADIO: ADVOCATES PUSH FOR BETTER FOSTER CARE TRAINING

January 28, 2009

CPS AGENCY WOES CONTINUE FOR D.C

January 18, 2009

NY MOTHER HAS SON TAKEN BY CPS FOR DAY CARE ISSUES

October 12, 2008

STAFFING WOES AIL PROGRAM AIDING POOR

August 1, 2008

LEGISLATORS BLAST TEXAS CPS OVER LACK OF CRIMINAL CHECKS ON PROSPECTIVE, CURRENT EMPLOYEES

July 30, 2008

AT LEAST 370 TEXAS CPS WORKERS HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES

July 1, 2008

MEET THE ATTORNEYS WHO GOT THE FLDS KIDS HOME

June 27, 2008

FLDS LEADER AND OTHERS DENIED CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL COMMISSION

TEXAS CPS COMMISSIONER STEPS DOWN

June 25, 2008

FLDS JUDGE WALTHER ACCUSED OF BIAS

TEXAS GRAND JURY WRAPS UP HEARING ON FLDS

June 23, 2008

DAUGHTER OF WARREN JEFFS WANTS TO DITCH HER COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY

June 22, 2008

LEGAL WEB GROWING AROUND FLDS

June 21, 2008

JUDGE BARS CONTACT FROM FLDS SPOKESMAN

June 20, 2008

MOTION FILED AGAINST FLDS SPOKESMAN

TEXAS GRAND JURY LOOKS AT CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS ON FLDS

June 19, 2008

UTAH BIRTH RECORDS SOUGHT FOR FLDS

June 18, 2008

FLDS SAYS FIX "SLANDEROUS" CLAIMS

June 17, 2008

FLDS SAYS DOSSIERS BASED ON PARANOIA

June 16, 2008

CANADIANS REOPENING FLDS CASE

June 14, 2008

FLDS PRICETAG $14 MILLION AND COUNTING

June 13, 2008

FLDS SPOKESMAN MEETS WITH REPS FROM UTAH AG OFFICE

NOT ALL FAMILIES RETURNED TO THE RANCH

June 12, 2008

SUMMIT TARGETS FLDS

June 11, 2008

TEXAS STILL LISTENING TO HATERS

June 10, 2008

SAN ANTONIO JUDGE RULES AGAINST STATE FOR FLDS FAMILY

June 9, 2008

FLDS VOW AGAINST UNDERAGE MARRIAGES

PUBLIC RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF FLDS

June 8, 2008

NEXT FLDS COURT SHOWDOWN

June 7, 2008

BOGUS FLDS TIPSTER HEARING POSTPONED

June 6, 2008

FLDS INVESTIGATION SHIFTS TO CRIMIMAL SIDE

June 5, 2008

ALL FLDS CHILDREN NOW REUNITED

TRAUMA OF SEPARATION WILL LINGER

June 4, 2008

EMAILS REVEAL SECRET PLAN TO SEPARATE FLDS MOMS/CHILDREN

June 3, 2008

DNA INFO IN AS REUNIONS CONTINUE

May 31, 2008

CPS FAULTED BY CRITICS

IRONIC TWIST:  WOMAN LINKED TO HOAX CALL ON FLDS WAS HERSELF IN FOSTER CARE AS A TEEN

FATE OF FLDS FAMILIES STILL IN LIMBO

FLDS JUDGE REFUSES TO SIGN ORDER

SECT MOTHERS MUST SIGN DEAL

MORE CHARGES FOR CASA ADVOCATE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN

May 30, 2008

FLDS JUDGE WALKS OF BENCH

May 29, 2008

REAL EFFECTS OF REMOVING CHILDREN-SEPARATION CAN ENDANGER CHILDREN

PROMPT FLDS REUNIFICATION ORDERED

May 28, 2008

CASA ADVOCATE CHARGED WITH HAVING SEX WITH 8 YR OLD

May 27, 2008

WATCHDOG CRITICIZES FLDS HEARINGS

May 23, 2008

MOM OF ADOPTED SON GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR LOCKING HIM IN CAGE

May 22, 2008

TEXAS APPEALS COURT RULES STATE HAD NO RIGHT TO REMOVE ALL CHILDREN

May 21, 2008

FORMER ARIZONA CPS SUPERVISOR AND A PHOENIX POLICE OFFICER BOTH INDICTED ON SEX ABUSE OF CHILDREN CHARGES

CHILD WELFARE WORKERS TRY TO SEARCH RANCH

JUDGE ADMITS NO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE

FINANCIAL HIT FOR TEXAS IN FLDS CASE

May 20, 2008

STATE SENATORS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RAID

6-YEAR OLD GIRL DIES IN NY FOSTER HOME

May 17, 2008

STATUS HEARINGS SET FOR MONDAY, ATTORNEYS WILL ARGUE FOR INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT

DID CPS INFLATE DATA FOR THEIR CASE?

May 16, 2008

NUMBER OF "MINORS" FALLING EVERYDAY

COPY OF FLDS "SERVICE PLAN"

May 15, 2008

MOMS FORCED TO CHOOSE KIDS OR RELIGION

May 14, 2008

FLDS SERVICE PLANS PRESENT PROBLEMS

CPS FINALLY ADMITS THEY WERE WRONG-SORT OF

FLDS FATHERS WIEGH IN

May 13, 2008

MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS CRITICIZE TREATMENT OF FLDS WOMEN, CHILDREN BY TEXAS

LAW AIMED AT DETERRING CPS WORKERS FROM LYING

May 12, 2008

FINALLY A JUDGE DOES WHAT'S BEST FOR FLDS BABY

WHITE HOUSE DENYING LETTER

May 11, 2008

A THIRD WAY TO HANDLE FLDS CHILDREN

CANADIANS FEAR SAME TREATMENT

FLDS DELIVER LETTER TO PRESIDENT IN CRAWFORD

May 10, 2008

IMMINENT RISK TO ALL NOT MAKING SENSE TO ATTORNEYS

MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS BLAST CPS OVER TREATMENT OF FLDS

MENTAL HEALTH STAFF COMPLAIN AGENCY TRAUMATIZED KIDS, DISREGARDED MOTHER'S RIGHTS

May 9, 2008

FORCED IMMUNIZATIONS ON FLDS

ATTACKING THE BELIEF SYSTEM

FLDS MOTHERS REBUFFED

May 8, 2008

BREAKING THE BOND, SOCIAL WORKERS STRESSED

PLANS DRAFTED FOR FLDS KIDS

ACLU STEPS UP CONCERN OVER FLDS

May 6, 2008

TEXAS USED SEIZED FLDS RECORDS AGAINST POLYGAMOUS SECT

May 5, 2008

HOUSING FOR FLDS CHILDREN HAS ISSUES

FLDS CHILDREN ADAPT OLD WAYS TO NEW HOMES

PARENTS ATTORNEYS SAY THEY'RE IN THE COLD

May 4, 2008

UTAH, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERALS FEEL FALLOUT FROM FLDS RAID

CAREGIVERS LEARN ABOUT FLDS WAYS

May 3, 2008

FEW ANSWERS IN TEXAS

FLDS APPEAL TO GOVERNOR OF UTAH

May 2, 2008

EDITORIAL: GIRLS MINDS SET BY TOXIC TRAINING

May 1, 2008

FLDS DOCTOR DENIES ABUSE AT YFZ RANCH

OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES WEIGH IN ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN POLYGAMOUS CASE

PETITION ASKS FOR FLDS KIDS TO GO BACK TO MOMS

April 30, 2008

BRITTLE BONE DISEASE OR ABUSE?

April 29, 2008

FLDS MOTHER DELIVERS BABY UNDER GUARD

TEXAS CPS CONTINUES SHELL GAME WHILE ASKING MOTHERS TO MAKE "SOPHIE'S CHOICE"

April 28, 2008

POLYGAMOUS SECT'S KIDS IN HOSPITAL, MOMS WANT ANSWERS

April 26, 2008

FLDS ATTORNEY CHALLENGES TEXAS COUNT OF PREGNANT MINORS FROM POLYGAMOUS SECT

COURT REFUSES TO HEAR FLDS MOTHERS' REQUEST

April 25, 2008

FLDS BACKERS DEMONSTRATE BEFORE JAZZ GAME

FLDS: MOTHERS CHILDREN SEPARATED

April 24, 2008

AP EXCLUSIVE: U.S. ALLEGES BABY-SELLING IN VIETNAM

63 MORE CHILDREN MOVED INTO FOSTER CARE; APPELLATE COURT TO HEAR APPEALS

JUDGE BUDGES, WON'T SPLIT UP MOMS, BABIES

CULTURE SHOCK: SEIZED POLYGAMOUS SECT KIDS FACE TOUGH ADJUSTMENT

CALLS FROM SARAH KEPT COMING

April 19, 2008

JUDGE SAYS FLDS CHILDREN WILL STAY IN CUSTODY, ORDERS DNA TESTS

April 18, 2008

TEXAS FLDS CASE: WAS MASSIVE RAID BASED ON BOGUS CALL FROM COLORADO WOMAN?

April 17, 2008

FLDS SIGN DEALS ON THEIR HOMES

April 16, 2008

TEXAS COURT BRACES FOR MORE THAN 400 FLDS RAID-RELATED CUSTODY CASES

April 15, 2008

FLDS MOTHERS SAY TEXAS OFFICIALS LIED TO THEM

BOYS RANCH OPENS ITS DOORS FOR BOYS FROM POLYGAMOUS SECT

TEXAS DEFENDS TAKING CHILDREN FROM POLYGAMOUS COMPOUND

CPS EXPLAINS SEPARATING SECT MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

April 9, 2008

KIDS TAKEN FROM POLYGAMIST COMPOUND MAY OVERLOAD TEXAS CPS SYSTEM

HOUSTON SHELTERS, FOSTER PARENTS READY FOR GIRLS FROM POLYGAMIST RANCH

January 28, 2008

REUNITED FOSTER CHILD KILLED ON FIRST DAY OF NEW JOB

January 12, 2008

TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH END UP MARRIED

January 8, 2008

FAMOUS FORMER FOSTER CHILD ON TRIAL FOR RAPE

November 28, 2007

TENNESSEE FOSTER CHILD DIES IN CARE

November 28, 2007

AUSTRALIAN FOSTER MOMS ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER

November 26, 2007

BIOLOGICAL MOM LOSES PARENTAL RIGHTS


 

 


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