A Comment About

Even Polygamists Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty

May 25, 2008 - 12:12 am - by Michele Catalano
daddyquatro
2008-05-25 10:50:13

Jay Lee,
I’m afraid it’s you who do not understand the issues.
Texas laws states that, in order to remove a child from the custody of its parents, the state must show…
1.There is a danger to the physical health or safety of the child.
2.That there was an urgent need to immediately remove the child for their protection.
3.That the department made resonable efforts to prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child.

The state failed on all three points.
If there were specific criminal acts committed, (and there probably were) then the state should investigate and prosecute those acts. By no stretch of law or imagination was the state justified in removing ALL the children from their parents.