>Polygamist sect mother gives birth to boy; Baby taken into Texas state custody
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>Associated Press - May 13, 2008 12:13 AM ET
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>SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A mother who was taken from a Texas polygamist sect and
>is being held as a minor in state custody has given birth to a baby boy.
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>Officials immediately took the child into protective custody.
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>State authorities acknowledge that the mother may be an adult. But they
>say she's 1 of nearly 30 girls whose ages are in dispute.
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>A child Protective Services spokesman says the baby will likely stay in
>state custody even if the mother is an adult. And he adds, that the mother
>would also be allowed to stay with him in a foster-care facility.
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>The new mother has claimed she is 22 and has filed a writ of habeas corpus ...