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Texas Must Lay Out Plan for Kids from FLDS Sect

By Wade Goodwyn
Published May 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM EDT

The fate of more than 460 children from a polygamist ranch will be argued in court in West Texas on Monday. Texas Child Protective Services is required by law to present its plan for each child to a judge. But lawyers for the mothers of the children say that the plans do not consider each child individually and therefore the families' legal rights are being violated.

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Wade Goodwyn
Wade Goodwyn is an NPR National Desk Correspondent covering Texas and the surrounding states.