Just a fraction of the children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch remain in foster care after parents traveled this sprawling state to reunite their families.By Tuesday, 397 children had been returned to their parents, leaving just a few dozen of the roughly 430 to be picked up from far-flung foster care centers. Those reunions were expected to occur Wednesday.
Families began trickling back to the Yearning For Zion Ranch on Tuesday — exactly two months after child welfare authorities and law enforcement first arrived at its battered metal gate looking for a caller to a domestic abuse hot line.
"We're sure grateful to be home," said Zavenda Young, whose 3-year-old daughter clung to her while her three sons, ages 5 to 9, stood nearby. "They can't believe it, for sure. Even though we drove all night, they hardly slept."
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