Reply #: Try this part of the law

[uppityperson]

http://patterico.com/2008/04/18/answers-to-texas-family-law-questions/

1. What is the state agency that has removed the children?

Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

2. What gave the Department the right to remove the children from the compound?

The Texas Family Code provides that DFPS can remove a child when it can show there is an immediate danger to the health or safety of a child or a child has been a victim of neglect or abuse and the continuation in the home would be contrary to a child’s welfare.

3. How can DFPS remove all of the children based upon the allegations of one child?

All children in a household may be removed if any child in that household has been a victim of neglect or abuse by a person in the household. (more)