Source: globeandmail.com:

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A Texas Supreme Court judge is expected to sign an order within a week that will end court supervision of the teenager’s care, Mary Ann Gonzales, a deputy clerk, said yesterday in an interview. Once the court order is lifted, the young woman may live where she wants and is no longer required to stay in Texas, Ms. Gonzales said.
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The Canadian teen’s case sparked concern about an unofficial cross-border underground railway that former FLDS women said was used for moving underage girls between polygamist colonies in British Columbia and the United States. The former FLDS members said the young women were taken across the border to be assigned as so-called celestial brides to older men. At the time of the raid, the Canadian teen’s parents said she was visiting her grandmother at the polygamist compound.

… she turned 18 this month and, as a result, is no longer under the jurisdiction of the state child-protection agency. Her parents, who live in a polygamist FLDS community outside Creston in southeastern B.C., did not respond to a request for an interview yesterday.

So far, the court has lifted restrictions on 287 of the young people who were taken into custody and allowed them to return to their families. Five sect members have been charged with sexual assault of a child, and several have been charged with bigamy

One FLDS member was charged with failing to report child abuse. Texas authorities have reportedly said they have evidence of at least 10 underage marriages. One caseworker testified in court that 48 per cent of the men were involved in underage-marriage practices.

Despite the reversal in court orders, Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for Child Protective Services, said yesterday that authorities do not believe they made any mistakes. Investigators acted on information they had at the time of the raid, he said in an interview.

“We stand by the fact that at the time, given the circumstances and the information we had, we did act appropriately and no, we haven’t changed that position,” he said. Asked whether an apology were necessary, Mr. Crimmins said: “Absolutely not.”
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