The move is viewed as further weakening the claims of Child Protective Services that dozens of underage girls were forced to have sex with older men on the ranch, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday.

Five judges have been sifting through the cases of the 460 children removed last month from the West Texas ranch owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

"My client showed them the same documents they showed them from the beginning: a valid Arizona driver's license and a birth certificate," said attorney Andrea Sloan who represents Leona Allred, 27.

Sloan and other lawyers for the disputed girls charged authorities classified them as children so they could be interviewed without an attorney present.