Sunday, May 25, 2008

CPS shuffle, cut and deal



Published: May 25, 2008
SAN ANGELO, Texas

Desperate to be reunited with their children, many Texas FLDS parents signed family service plans that concede child abuse and neglect.

It's an admission that may come back to haunt them if criminal charges are ever filed accusing them of being abusive parents.

With Thursday's appellate ruling, the civil case against the families appears to be unraveling, but the criminal probe continues. Results from DNA testing on the parents and children are anticipated in the next week and could potentially link adult men to children of underage girls.

That is why several attorneys this past week appearing in status hearings in the Tom Green County Courthouse advised their clients to refuse to sign.

Both Stephanie Goodman and Gonzalo Rios were adamant that the FLDS parents they represent steer clear of the family service plans drafted by the state Department of Family and Protective Services.

"It could be construed in a criminal case that it is an admission that those are the things that happened on the ranch," Goodman said.

The plans crafted for the more than 450 children taken into custody by the agency in April include several mandates the families were to have followed in order to get their children back.

All the plans were identical and included the requirement that parents get counseling as it relates to child abuse and child sexual abuse.

That requirement, Rios said, immediately concedes child abuse and sexual abuse took place - a concession that would jeopardize a parent's rights in criminal court.


So, it appears that Texas Child Protective Services is saying, "Though our warrant was not valid and we had no legal right to intervene in the first place, if you will just sign this 'admission of guilt' we can get your family reunited". Harrumph.

And even though they have the person who made the libelous, fraudulent, and illegal accusations in the first place, they are still moving at lightening speed to convict and punish the innocent while not doing much of anything to convict the one who started it. After all, the lies just confirmed what they already suspected.

Like the 'Made in Iran' weapons in Karbola that didn't exist... and the magic laptops recovered in Columbia. Oh, and the Weapons of Mass Destruction that we never found in Iraq!

Anybody vacationing in Texass this year?
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