Judge bars CPS from removing child from polygamous mother

Courtesy KEYE - CBS 42  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 7:49am

A San Antonio judge has blocked state Child Protective Services from removing a mother from a polygamous sect from her infant son when he turns a year old on Thursday.



 

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