A Texas appeals court is ruling that state officials had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamous sect and take them away from their mothers.More than 400 kids were taken from this ranch last month.They were then were separated from their mothers and sent to live with foster families, all on the grounds that the sect pushed underage girls into marriage and sex and trained boys to become future perpetrators.However a court in Austin now says those reason are legally and factually insufficient under current Texas law.It said hearings held last month did not demonstrate the children were in any immediate danger, which is the only measure of taking children from their homes without court proceedings.The court did not immediately order the children be reunited with their mothers and the polygamous sect. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
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