Polygamy case: Warren Jeff's 16 yr. old daughter is a victim of sexual abuse

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according to her attorney, who asked on her behalf for a separate emergency stay of the order releasing the FLDS back to their parents.

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/jun/02/flds-children-heading-home-today/

Mothers of the roughly 450 children taken from the polygamist sect's YFZ Ranch can now begin retrieving their children from shelters across the state, as an order signed this morning by 51st District Judge Barbara Walther went into effect at 10 a.m.

Walther also today granted an emergency stay of that order in the case of one child, a 16-year-old daughter of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, while attorneys hammer out a separate agreement in her case. The girl's attorney, Natalie Malonis, said in court filings her client is "an identified victim of sexual abuse."

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In the case of the 16-year-old girl, Malonis said she is seeking a tighter geographical restriction and wants to prohibit contact with certain people, including her father, Jeffs.

The girl is not known to be a mother, Malonis said, and declined further comment about why she is believed to be an abuse victim.

"The order that the judge entered is very broad, and there are greater restrictions we want," Malonis said, adding that she is close to an agreement with CPS, but that the day's events forced her to request a stay in the interest of her client. "I didn't know the judge was going to issue the order first thing this morning."