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Associated Press
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Published: Mon, April 21, 2008 - 5:28 am
Last Updated: Mon, April 21, 2008 - 5:37 am
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - More than 400 children taken from apolygamous group's Texas ranch will undergo DNA testing this week.
It's an attempt to determine who their parents are and if any
sexual abuse took place.
Officials plan to begin taking DNA samples today at the coliseum
in San Angelo where the children are being housed. They may need
three or four days to complete the job
A judge ordered the tests at the request of state officials.
When the DNA sampling is completed, state officials will begin
to relocate some of the 416 children from the coliseum and will
separate the children younger than 4 years from adult mothers,
pending future decisions on foster care.
The custody case is one of the nation's largest and most
complicated. The ruling Friday capped two days of testimony that
sometimes became disorderly as hundreds of lawyers for children and
parents competed to defend their clients in two rooms linked by a
video feed.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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