SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — In a ruling that could torpedo the case against the West Texas polygamist sect, a state appeals court Thursday said authorities had

CHICAGO (AFP) — The state of Texas had no right to remove hundreds of children from a polygamist sect because it has not proven they were in imminent danger

Marie Steed, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, weeps after a state appeals court in Texas ruled that authorities

An appeal court has ruled that US officials had no right to seize 463 children from a polygamist sect in western Texas last month.

SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The state of Texas should not have removed the more than 460 children it took from a polygamist sect's ranch, an appeals court

By SCOTT MICHELS An appeals court ruled today that Texas didn't have the authority to keep dozens of children from a polygamist sect in state custody.

By SCOTT MICHELS and MARK MOONEY A Texas judge hearing one of the first child custody cases that will decide the fates of more than 400 children taken from

SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- Two children of jailed "prophet" Warren Steed Jeffs are among the hundreds of children removed from a polygamist ranch by child

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — The parents of the more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch are in a Texas court as part of an enormous custody

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - An appeals court in Austin has ruled that child welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 youngsters living at a

(NECN: San Angelo, TX) - A Texas appeals court says state child welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamist

Breaking News: This just off of the CNN news feed: The State of Texas Appeals Court has ruled that the 460+ children removed from the FLDS compound should

Polygamist hearing resumes today, the largest child custody case in American history, is underway in San Angelo, Texas. Police said a 16-year-old girl who

By Chris Blalock - Hundreds of hearings are scheduled over the next few weeks to determine if or when children taken during a raid on a polygamist compound

AP A members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints closes the gate of the... Child Protective Services workers have returned to

Washington - A Texas court found Thursday that the state had overstepped its authority by taking custody of more than 460 children from a polygamous sect