And the relevant (snip)...
The couple also have a 16-month-old son, who is being held at The Children's Shelter in Austin. Crimmins said Jeffs and her infant will be placed in a shelter together, assuring their safety. CPS has allowed mothers to remain with infants 12 months old or younger who are in state custody.
Hope that helps.
Geeesh, show a little flds respect...
;) PaMom
It does indeed. But I sure wish people would supprot their statements with sources, when their statements are in addition to the information in the article posted.
BTW, is the kid 16 months or 20 months old? Your snippet says 16 months, another snippet somewhere up thread says 20. Not very important, or unusual either, but I dislike inconsistencies.
So how do you feel about the 12 months thing? That seems kind of excessive too to my way of thinking. And it's not like I don't have some knowledge of younger children. My grandaughter turns 3 in less than a week, and I hate to think of the state taking her from her mother, because of allegations against someone in the same community or even against my son in law. It would be devastating for her. Even if as some have stated, the kids call multiple women "mother", being separated from all of them has to be pretty rough for 1 to 4 year olds especially, the same is true if none of them are their biological mother.
Now you might retort that the cult does the same thing. But if they do, they don't do it in my name. The state does.