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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Douglas finds the district court properly denied qualified immunity to employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which had found exigent circumstances justified the emergency removal of the 4-year-old child from his mother without parental consent or court order. The removal of a child without parental consent, court order or exigent circumstances violates clearly established rights of the child and mother, which precludes qualified immunity. Affirmed in part.
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