US / polygamists Sect Parents Reuniting With Kids in Texas Meanwhile, church elder forbids all underage unions By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff Posted Jun 2, 2008 6:48 PM CDT Copied Amy Dockstader, 9, hugs her mother, Nancy Dockstader, after they were reunited in Texas, Monday, June 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) As polygamist parents reunited with their kids in Texas today, a sect elder said the church will no longer allow underage marriages. But Willie Jessop called the sect misunderstood and insisted that past unions have all been mutual. Meanwhile, tearful parents held their children outside Texas foster sites after a judge ruled their seizure unlawful, the AP reports. "It's just great day," said sect mother Nancy Dockstader, who wept as she held her 9-year-old daughter, Amy. "We're so grateful." (More polygamists stories.) Report an error