May 5: FLDS leader asks in a letter that Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. intervene. After review, governor says Utah will look only at cases involving Utah children. Utah child welfare authorities ask FLDS for a list of such children.

May 6: LDS Church rebuts article on New York Times Web site making "invalid" comparisons of early LDS polygamy and FLDS practices.

May 7: ACLU expresses concerns regarding Texas handling of the raid.

May 8: Texas officials begin drafting "family service plans" for children.

May 9: Utah and Arizona attorneys general speak in St. George meeting, supporting Texas raid but stating such an approach would not be used in their states.

May 10: Texas CPS respond to FLDS mothers' petition, saying all children in the sect are at risk due to lifestyle and teachings.

May 11: FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop delivers a letter of appeal to President Bush, who is in Texas for daughter's wedding. As customary, the letter was to be screened through normal channels.

May 16: FLDS mother, 18, wins court "victory," is allowed to stay temporarily with her newborn and an older child.

May 17: Jeffs' attorneys asked that a grand jury indictment in Arizona cases be dismissed, citing flaws in the jury's processes and undue influence from the state of Arizona.

May 19: Custody hearings start for each affected family, expected to take three weeks. Utah Supreme Court docket shows Jeffs will appeal his Utah conviction.

May 20: Four more FLDS "disputed minors" are declared to be adults;

May 21: San Angelo officials inform the Texas Senate Finance Committee that the raid and its aftermath has cost more than $5.2 million, with $1.3 million accruing monthly to keep the children in custody. Status hearings in five San Angelo courtrooms cause confusion, bitterness, with little hard evidence of abuse. Texas officials return to the ranch on suspicion more children remain at the compound, are turned away for lack of a search warrant. FLDS fear another raid.

May 22: The 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin rules that Texas acted improperly in taking the children from the ranch. Judge Walther has 10 days to order return of children. CPS expected to appeal.