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SAN ANGELO, Texas, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A teenager allegedly married to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs got messages instructing her on how to behave after she became a ward of Texas, officials say.
SAN ANGELO, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Texas child welfare officials and a 17-year-old mother from a polygamist sect reached an agreement Tuesday on revealing the location of her baby.
SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A teenage girl who was allegedly married to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs at 12 must return to state custody, a Texas judge ruled Tuesday.
CONVERSE, Texas, July 13 (UPI) -- Texas officials are working on building another criminal case against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, officials say.
SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 25 (UPI) -- A Texas court heard five hours of debate on a judge's alleged bias, an attorney's conduct and if a teenager from a polygamous sect could make her own decisions.
SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 4 (UPI) -- A Texas polygamist sect leader is banned from contact with his 16-year-old daughter under a special order signed Tuesday that allows her to return home
ELDORADO, Texas, June 2 (UPI) -- A Texas judge signed an order Monday for the immediate release of hundreds of children seized during a raid on a ranch owned by a polygamist sect.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 30 (UPI) -- An agreement to return some children to a West Texas polygamist ranch ran into a snag late Friday when a lawyer objected, the Houston Chronicle said.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 29 (UPI) -- The Texas Supreme Court Thursday said the state had no right to remove more than 400 children from their parents custody in a raid on a polygamist sect.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 23 (UPI) -- Texas officials asked the state Supreme Court for an emergency stay to prevent the immediate return of hundreds of children seized from a polygamist sect.