The judge said she is trying to transition from the massive case into individual children's cases, to move forward with the child custody issues. To do that, she's wading through a 5-foot stack of legal papers.

"I can't sign orders because I'm having to review all the papers good lawyers file," Walther told the crowd of attorneys in court.

Authorities finished collecting DNA samples from all the children and charter buses have been summoned to move the children out of the coliseum. Later this week, 27 boys being sheltered at a ranch in Amarillo will give DNA samples.

The samples are being required to establish paternity and biological relationships. CPS workers have said they are not getting true names, birth dates or relationships from many of the children or adults in this massive child custody case.

A spokesman for the FLDS Church told the Deseret News he fears that authorities are using the DNA to build criminal cases against members.

The children's parents are again returning to the Schleicher County Memorial Building to undergo a cheek swab, be photographed and assigned a number. Not many showed up on Tuesday. Texas attorney general spokeswoman Janece Rolfe said those who don't show up could face possible fines or jail time.

"The court order is clear that being found in contempt of court could be a consequence," she said.

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