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Texas appeals to state Supreme Court in FLDS case

this is going to take awhile

Too many in the Texas CPS system have staked their reputations on this case to give up now.

However, the longer they draw this out, the larger the damages will be in the end.

THREE CHEERS TO THE CPS, FIGHT FOR YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION WHICH YOU HONORED, AND FIX PROBLEMS AS YOU GO. WHAT A JOB JUST LINING UP KIDS TO WHICH MOTHER!! YOU'VE HAD A TOUGH JOB!!

I guess this is a new government lesson reminder to me. I seem to have forgotten that you can appeal and appeal. What a waste of the court system. Unbelievable. Those poor kids.

Three cheers indeed..The FLDS should start filing law suits right now. CPS is the renegade sect out of control. They need to be completely disbanded.

CPS and Walther have lost and will be disgraced. It's only a matter of time. CPS is buying time, while all but the blind can see the inevitable.

The Facts are not going to change any, if they were wrong here they will be wrong there, all CPS is doing is making there downfall greater

Those poor kids. The CPS is completely out of control with no consequences to their actions other than bad for any family that gets in the way of their agenda.

The abuse of power continues.

We need to keep 'those poor kids' out of the YFZ prison camp. Reunite them with their mothers. Gitmo them, even, to avoid process entirely (that is, after all, why gitmo exists) but do whatever it takes to finally say that everything does NOT go in the name of religion.

Can you note write in small caps? Computer broke? It is annoying to read but your comment is even worse than your broken computer. Hope you are being sarcastic and not serious.
The job would have been easier would they have had search warrants for each house and treated the women with respect and not like criminals. If the police would have raided my house like a drug haven with heavy police force, I wouldn't have helped them either until I had a chance to talk to an attorney, which they did not have. Remember, CPS even took their cell phones from the FLDS women so nobody would see the abuse caused by the CPS! The FLDS women have been treated like criminals from the get go without proof of any wrong doing.
CPS are the criminals and need to be prosecuted. Let the children go home!

Texas should just cut their losses and give back the kids. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

At least the FLDS men now know what it is like to have your kids taken from you (which they do every time they "reassign" women and children to another man).

When an LDS Church gets fire bombed, the FBI comes in looking for someone to prosecute on Hate Crime charges. I'm wondering why the Justice Department or ACLU aren't charging Texas CPS and their Governor for a Hate Crime along with Flora Jessop's nightly spewing of Venom.

Send the children home. Stop the CPS from abusing children.

Texas CPS is bound and determined to cover every poor decision with an even poorer one. I have to wonder how Texas tax payers like footing the bill to cover an agency's poor judgement. It's obvious at this point that this agency is more concerned with their own wounded pride that they are about the welfare of the children involved.

Question: If the appeals court decision is upheld, doesn't all the evidence obtained as a result of the seizure get thrown out? So, if there actually was abuse and the appeals court decision is upheld; the CPS's zealotry actually ruined any chances of prosecuting?

No wonder they are appealing. Talk about incompetence.

Texas CPS, is fighting for a budget increase,and all
those children sold on the adoption market will bring a tidy sum.It all comes down to Money & Power.

As a teacher I find the erosion of parental rights very troubling, although I am not a parent myself. For those of you thinking this is an FLDS issue only, check your local schools - these people routinely give presentations to your children to look for signs that their parents might be abusive. Yes, physical and sexual abuse needs to be identified and stopped, but mixed in with this I witnessed 1st grade children being taught in a Granite district Elementary school that even facial expressions and tone of voice are forms of child abuse. No, don't ever think these people target your children. And by all means, when you hear of someone's child being taken by CPS somewhere don't question whether it's based on lies; then again your child might benext.

The CPA rats in Texas remind me of the Government placing Japanese Americans in concentration camps.

I hope the lawsuits bankrupts Texas. Then maybe the Baptist Church will have to bail them out.

The evidence probably will not be thrown out, because the issue before the appellate courts was whether or not the CPS had established that the FLDS children were in such "imminent danger" that the only option was to forcibly remove them. The Texas Court of Appeals held that CPS had not established that removal was justified. The admissibility of evidence was not at issue.

The abuse allegations will probably continue, and the CPS may prosecute individuals. If the ruling stands, the children may be returned, but the investigation may continue.

That being said, CPS is foolish to keep trying. It should be obvious that they have not established their case that the children were in "imminent harm." They should take advantage of the ruling, and return the children. They would still be able to investigate, and the local District Court would retain jurisdiction over the children and their parents. The case could move more quietly (which is better for everyone involved, particularly the children), and more effectively, because all evidence and arguments can be thoughtfully and thorougly considered.