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Texas makes deal with FLDS couple

Published: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:40 p.m. MDT
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On the witness stand Friday, Bradshaw struggled to name anyone who lived in the house with her, except for her husband and children.

This morning, two pieces of evidence were entered into court. Texas CPS attorney Ellen Griffith told the judge one was a marriage record dated July 2006 and another dated December 2003. The 2006 record immediately was sealed by the judge after a request by an attorney representing the girl in the photograph.

The 2003 record is presumed to be Dan and Louisa Jessop's marriage record.

Baby Richard Jessop was born while his mother was in state custody. CPS workers considered Bradshaw a "disputed minor." After the baby's birth, however, CPS declared her an adult (she is 22) and sought to have the child placed in state custody along with more than 450 other FLDS children caught up in the raid.

Texas child welfare authorities have been making a case that the YFZ Ranch is one household and that children at the sprawling Eldorado property are at risk, with girls growing up to be child brides and boys growing up to be sexual perpetrators.

While he considers it a partial victory, Jessop said he isn't sure when his children will actually be reunited with their mother.

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"We're trying to have faith in the government," he said. "It's pretty rough right now. We're working hard at it. I think CPS did a good move today."


E-mail: bwinslow@desnews.com

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