Appeals Court Agrees to Hear Arguments From Polygamist Sect Women in Custody Case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Texas appeals court has agreed to hear arguments from dozens of female members of a polygamist sect whose children were seized in a raid earlier this month.
The Third Court of Appeals has set a hearing for April 29.
The mothers want the court to allow them to remain in contact with their children while the children are in state custody.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Child welfare and law enforcement officials raided a ranch owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and took 437 children they believed might be victims of physical or sexual abuse.