Barbara Walther

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Barbara Cohen Walther is an American judge in 51st District Court of Texas who ordered the removal of hundreds of children from the YFZ Ranch in Texas in a April 2008 raid because of suspected child abuse.

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Attorneys for the women asked the judge to consider letting nursing mothers remain with their children after negotiations with CPS on the issue stalled. They asked the judge to let the mothers stay until DNA results are in, likely to take up to 40 days. Walther acknowledged the nutritional and bonding benefits of breast-feeding. "But every day in this country, we have mothers who go back to work after six weeks of maternity leave," she said. "The court has made a determination that the environment those children were in was not safe," said Walther, adding that there is a shortage of suitable placements for infants in Texas.