From Deseret News archives:
Timeline of raid on FLDS-owned YFZ Ranch
April 22: Up to 100 children are moved from San Angelo Coliseum as placement in foster care begins. Lawyers for FLDS claim many civil rights violations.
April 24: Distribution of children from San Angelo to foster care sites throughout Texas continues. Count of children in custody rises to 462. Salt Lakers protest Texas raid in demonstration outside EnergySolutions Aarena.
April 25: Texas 3rd Court of Appeals refuses to hear plea of 45 FLDS women to bar "scattering of children." Busing of children to foster care sites continues.
April 26: The last of the children leave the San Angelo area for foster care.
April 27: Two FLDS boys are reported "unaccounted for." Texas authorities express frustration with slow process of sorting through 1,000 boxes of items removed from FLDS ranch. Attorneys for the sect are stymied by the lack of progress in their ability to begin court actions protesting the raid.
April 29: FLDS lawyers take first steps to sue Texas in federal court for lack of due process in the raid and its aftermath. Utah Attorney GeneraL Mark Shurtleff and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., square off on differences regarding polygamy issues. The Nevadan says Utah and Arizona have been lax in prosecuting polygamy, approves of Texas raid. After discussion, the two agree to work together on issues. Reid later announced appointment of a Justice Department prosecutor to review federal role in helping state, local law enforcement efforts against polygamy.
April 30: Texas' top child welfare official tells a Texas Senate committee 41 of the FLDS children taken in the raid had historic evidence of broken bones, but an FLDS attorney says the report is part of the state's attack on the religion.
May 1: Group of FLDS mothers petition Texas 3rd Court of Appeals to reverse Walther's decision to remove children from ranch.
May 2: Texas Department of Public Safety acknowledges warrant against Dale Barlow has been dropped. Texas authorities issue "cultural awareness guide" to help social workers deal with FLDS children.
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