Julie Balovich was so wiped out by 8 p.m. on June 2, she said on Monday night, she could barely put thoughts together, much less chart her legal strategy. The Texas RioGrande Legal Aid staff attorney had spent the whole day helping return to parents more than 460 children, who state authorities had seized in April in an investigation of possible sexual abuse at an isolated West Texas polygamist community. “I don’t think I can even think today about what I’m going to do tomorrow,” said Balovich.

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