CPS Advisory Committee Member Said Service Plans Abuse Parents

State of Texas 49, King George 28
49. An Advisory Committee Memory appointed by Governor Perry to advise the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services said the approach outlined in the service plans represents an abuse of the FLDS parents.
KXAN reported that advisory committee member Tim Lambert said:
They say, “OK, we’ve got the kids [...]

FLDS Child Dehydrated and Malnourished while in State Care

State of Texas 48, King George 28
48. A two-year old FLDS girl became dehydrated and malnourished while in state custody.
As reported by the New York Times, Ruth Fischer faced a distressing sight when she visited her daughter in a hospital:
Hannah looked like a little orphan sitting on the couch. Her hair was stringy and she [...]

Service Plans Capable of Breaking up FLDS Church

State of Texas 47, King George 28
47. The service plans for the FLDS families were capable of breaking apart the FLDS Church in Texas.
The service plans allege that (link to example plan):
The adults have chosen to be members of a community that appears to support systemic [sic] abuse of children…. Sexual abuse has been confirmed [...]

Young FLDS Kids Who Suffered in State Care

State of Texas 46, King George 28
46. CPS employees admitted in court that Rulon and Amber Jessop fared poorly while in state protective custody.
The Deseret News reported that – according to CPS workers – Amber Jessop (age 3) and her younger brother Rulon (age 2) slept poorly, ate poorly, and became withdrawn while in foster [...]

Virtual FLDS Petition (Part II)

Here are some additional links for the Virtual Petition I assembled in a previous post. None of the below was actually written as a petition (except for the petition of writ of habeus corpus), but all of the below authors expressed significant concerns about the manner in which the FLDS case was handled by Texas, [...]

Initial Service Plans Didn’t Follow CPS Procedure

State of Texas 44, King George 28
44. A CPS worker admitted that CPS procedure calls for service plans to be based on evidence, even though that procedure wasn’t followed in dealing with the FLDS.

Mark Ticer represented three of Sarah Steed’s chidren (I’ve mentioned Sarah in two previous entries – one which mentioned her three year-old [...]

Texas-Sized Double-Standard in Dealing with FLDS

State of Texas 43, King George 28
43. The State of Texas just can’t make up its mind whether teenage sexual activity is right or wrong.
The Texas Supreme Court minority opinion cited a psychologist’s testimony indicating that:
The pregnancy of the underage children on the Ranch was the result of sexual abuse because children of the age [...]

Top Ten List of How CPS Could Try the Shoe on Their Own Foot

Here’s what it would look like if CPS wore their own shoe. CPS workers would:
10. Be required to take parenting classes.
9. Be required to obtain job training so they could become gainfully employed.
8. Move to a historic fort with no air conditioning and inadequate restroom facilities.
7. Allow the FLDS to visit their homes at any [...]

Foster Care Personnel Invade Privacy of FLDS Childbirth

State of Texas 42, King George 28
42. Foster care personnel insisted on being in the labor and delivery room while one FLDS “child” (who wasn’t a child) gave birth.
The “child” who was giving birth, 18 year-old Pamela Jessop, says that she showed government officials her birth certificate before she was taken into state custody. A [...]

CPS Didn’t Allow FLDS Kid with 104 Degree Fever to Be with Mom

State of Texas 41, King George 28
41. CPS didn’t allow an FLDS mother to be with her child, even though the child was hospitalized with a 104 degree fever and the child’s doctor had requested the mother’s presence.
One of the riveting reports written by a mental health worker describes this incident (see all reports by [...]