My thoughts have centered around the individual hearings and the lack there of. If this was not the law, why did the state appoint attorneys for the mothers, even those that weren’t minors, AND an attorney ad litem for EACH child?
Obviously they knew what was required and chose to ignore it.
Sorry, I neglected to respond to this one.
I see two fundemental issues with the progress of these cases.
First, that CPS treated them all as one, which appears to be in violation of law.
I think it was Diamond who said, “mass guilt is not a hallmark of due process”, or similar.
2nd, that the lower court did the same.
Judge Walther seems to STILL be doing that, as does CPS.
If the TX SC intravenes again, it will probably be to say BAD DOGGIE! on this exact point.
But, what do I know? IANAL.
I think the judge was trying to scramble eggs as fast as possible so she could not be undone.