Court Ruling: Texas had no right to remove FLDS children

From CNN

“The legislature has required that there be evidence to support a finding that there is a danger to the physical health or safety of the children in question and that the need for protection is urgent and warrants immediate removal.”

“Evidence that children raised in this particular environment may someday have their physical health and safety threatened is not evidence that the danger is imminent enough to warrant invoking the extreme measure of immediate removal prior to full litigation of the issue.”

This is a case that I personally struggled and keep struggling with, because I thought that CPS was just enforcing the law when they took that many children away from their families. However, I kept seeing the mothers longing to be with their children and, as a woman, I could somewhat relate and understand their pain. The court ruling seems sensible after reading only a short piece of it. I think CPS acted too quickly on this one.