"The only thing they're supposed to be addressing is the physical well-being of the baby," Matassarin said. "Not 13-year-olds, not 15-year-olds, none of that."

Matassarin was referring to bombshell photographs introduced into evidence last week that showed Jeffs kissing a then-12-year-old girl in a manner that lawyers for CPS described as "how a husband kisses a wife."

Rod Parker, a Salt Lake City attorney acting as a spokesman for the FLDS Church, accused Texas child welfare authorities of engaging in a "publicity stunt" with courtroom evidence.

"They have nothing to do with this family," he said. "It's just an effort by CPS to get publicity for their larger intent to paint everybody with this same brush. These photos have no tie to this particular family in a way that's relevant to these proceedings."

A copy of the custody agreement obtained by the Deseret News also included a handwritten finding that the girl in the photo lived in the same building as the Jessops. It was initialed by all of the parties in the case. On the witness stand last week, Bradshaw had struggled to name anyone who lived in the house with her except her husband and children.

Two pieces of evidence were entered into court on Tuesday. Texas CPS attorney Ellen Griffith told the judge one was a marriage record dated July 2006 and another dated December 2003. The 2006 record was immediately sealed by the judge after a request by an attorney representing the girl in the photo. The 2003 record is presumed to be Dan and Louisa Jessop's marriage record.

Jessop's baby was born while his mother was in state custody. CPS workers considered Bradshaw a 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.

While he considers it a partial victory, Jessop said he isn't sure when his children will actually be reunited with their mother. Promises of a reunion before have not been kept, he said.

"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."

Supreme Court

With no decision from the Texas Supreme Court, lawyers for both sides filed more papers in an attempt to persuade the high court. Texas child welfare authorities urged the court to grant its request for an emergency stay of a ruling by Austin's 3rd Court of Appeals.

The appellate court ruling said the state acted improperly in removing all of the children. It ordered more than 100 children be returned to their mothers and opened the door for other FLDS parents to seek the return of their children.