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Bill to regulate custody for polygamous parents

The Arizona Republic has the story.

Two women who fled polygamous marriages told legislators on Thursday that state custody law needs to change to protect children and encourage women to seek their freedom.

Laurice Jessop, 34, described her long battle to win custody of her six children after fleeing a polygamist community in Utah and the fears that haunted her of her own daughters being forced into marriages as child-brides.

Posted by Editor at February 2, 2007 06:34 AM

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