Sect mother of newborn not a minor, Texas concedes
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Texas child welfare officials say the member of a polygamist sect who gave birth last month is not a minor as they had said previously.
The mother of the boy born April 29 has been held in foster care but a Child Protective Services attorney told a judge on Tuesday that she is an adult.
The San Angelo Standard Times reports that CPS is continuing to seek custody of the baby.
The woman had been held along with more than 400 children taken last month from a west Texas ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. State officials say the children were endangered by underage and polygamous spiritual marriages.
The mother of a baby born Monday also has been held as a minor but state officials say she too may be an adult.
The mother of the boy born April 29 has been held in foster care but a Child Protective Services attorney told a judge on Tuesday that she is an adult.
The San Angelo Standard Times reports that CPS is continuing to seek custody of the baby.
The woman had been held along with more than 400 children taken last month from a west Texas ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. State officials say the children were endangered by underage and polygamous spiritual marriages.
The mother of a baby born Monday also has been held as a minor but state officials say she too may be an adult.
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