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Source: CNN.com
Court proceedings will be held in September to determine whether a 14-year-old girl believed to have married polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs should permanently remain in state custody.
Warren Jeffs faces a sentence of up to life in prison in Utah and is awaiting trial in Arizona.Warren Jeffs faces a sentence of up to life in prison in Utah and is awaiting trial in Arizona.
The September 28 proceedings were scheduled at a hearing Thursday in San Angelo, Texas, according to CNN affiliate KLST.
The 14-year-old girl was one of 400 children removed in April from the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Yearning for Zion (YFZ) ranch near Eldorado, Texas. A judge later ordered the children returned after the Texas Supreme Court ruled there was no evidence the children were in imminent danger on the ranch.
The girl was among those ordered released, but was taken back into foster care in August after child protection officials alleged her parents did not take measures to limit her contact with men involved in underage marriage.
According to court documents filed in December, the girl’s mother, Barbara Jessop, “has not demonstrated herself as a safe and responsible caregiver” and “has not demonstrated that she can provide a safe and stable home” for the girl. In counseling sessions, Jessop has denied that her daughter was abused, the documents said.
The girl is believed to have married Jeffs as a 12-year-old in July 2006 with the consent of her parents. At the time, Jeffs was 50. Jeffs is also accused of marrying several other underage girls, authorities have said.
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Hmmm….
Maybe Uncle Warren can get a leave of absence to make his claim on the underage minor? or the father, was it Merril Jessop? In going to court he could admit CHILD ENDANGERMENT & CHILD ABANDONMENT in allowing the union or is it PANDERING? Prostituting a child, hmmm.. No they will send the mother in to fight for the girl, because she carries the least baggage!