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Texas officials seek DNA from sect infant

Texas child welfare officials have asked a judge to order a teenage member of a polygamous sect to let them take DNA from her infant so they can determine the father's identity, according to court documents filed in the case.

Polygamist case price tag: $7 million

Removing 460 children from a polygamist sect compound and then reuniting them with their families will cost Texas $7 million, according to the state Department of Family and Protective Services.

Time.com: Snag Delays Texas Sect Reunion

Parents' hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed

Commentary: Appellate court wrong on FLDS

It sounds like legal mumbo-jumbo.

Social workers turned away from FLDS ranch

Texas Child Protective Services workers were turned back from a polygamist sect's ranch Wednesday when they tried to investigate reports that some children remained at the compound, a lawyer for the sect said.

FLDS elder decries 'terrorist acts' in letter to Bush

An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.

Time.com: Tracing the Polygamists' Family Tree

A judge will allow DNA testing this week to help identify 416 children taken from a fundamentalist Mormon ranch

Time.com: When the Polygamists Came to Town

As a custody hearing begins, residents of Eldorado, Texas, recall their first suspicions about the strange newcomers

Time.com: The Future of the Polygamist Kids

Texas removed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch. Now the state has to figure out their future

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