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Meet the Houston Lawyer Whose Charity Work Sparked the Epic Battle Over Texas Foster Care

Paul Yetter has outlasted 10 commissioners appointed to lead the two Texas agencies that oversee foster placements. He finally sees a glimmer of hope.


Houston lawyer Paul Yetter stood at the podium in a Corpus Christi courtroom, quietly watching a federal judge tear apart his case, bit by bit.

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack didn’t like his first witness. She didn’t like his data. And she really didn’t like that Yetter had entered exhibits into evidence that he might not use later, something she had explicitly ordered against.

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