Perhaps justice can be found in Texas, after all. The Texas Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has just upheld the decision of the Texas Third Appeals Court that the Texas CPS and infamous Judge Barbara “Defarge” Walther had no legal right to take FLDS kids from their homes.
Having read the opinion, I can say that while it is a major victory for FLDS and parents generally, it still gives scofflaw Judge Walther and CPS considerable leeway to make life difficult and costly for the FLDS. It will however, make it harder for them to behave as barbarically as they have to date. At the very least, the children will all — with few exceptions — be reunited with their parents. The central question is what strictures Walther will attempt to place on their free movement after they return home.
Happily, for the foreseeable future, Texas CPS will have to live with the fear that other parents whom they have abused (and may in future try to abuse) will have new power to combat the inhumane fraud that is Texas CPS. “Protective Services,” indeed.
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Kleiglights 05.29.08 at 9:56 pm
How long will it take for those children to go home, and what sense of security will CPS allow them to have, once they get there? These self-important twits, who apparently have no capacity to feel what children feel, will do everything to make them insecure and constantly fearful. CPS and their First Baptist buddies will be probing, spying, and setting up more false accusations. It is a good day today, but it is not over yet. CPS will not go quietly into the night.
j. t. evans 05.29.08 at 10:11 pm
No, it will not. Unfortunately, false accusations are the coin of the realm in CPS. While there are a number of emotionally stable people in the industry, many are drawn to social work because they themselves have been abused — and still suffer untreated personality disorders as a result. There is a website that promotes mental health screening of social workers, including those with the various CPS agencies around the country. Just as we do not want mentally unstable people working in law enforcement, we do not need them working in child protective services, either. Screening is a necessity. You can find support at Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations. (www.fightcps.com).