By Lynn Larowe
Texarkana Gazette
September 27, 2008
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2008/09/27/state-to-retain-custody-of-girls-83.php
Hearings in Alamo case continue Monday
The State of Arkansas will maintain custody of at least two of the six girls removed from the Tony Alamo Ministries compound one week ago, Circuit Judge Jim Hudson decided Friday.
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| Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Jim Hudson, circuit judge of the 8th Judicial District South, walks out of the Miller County courthouse in Texarkana, Ark., during a recess Friday afternoon. Hudson was presiding over hearings regarding the custody of two girls who were removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound Sept. 20 in Fouke, Ark. Both girls will remain in the custody of the state. Adjudication hearings have been scheduled for Oct. 20. Probable cause hearings for the other four girls will be held Monday before Circuit Judge Joe Griffin. |
An adjudication hearing to address the girls’ permanent custody is scheduled for Oct. 20.
“There was testimony of abuse and neglect and there was testimony of denial,” Husdon said Friday evening from the first floor of the Miller County courthouse in Texarkana, Ark. Hudson serves both Miller and Lafayette counties.
“It was the duty of the court to determine the credibility of the w...
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