SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) – A plan to begin reuniting parents with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist group’s ranch has been thrown into doubt because a judge and the families are clashing over proposed restrictions.

Texas District Judge Barbara Walther has refused to sign an order restoring custody to the parents until they agree to more restrictions than state child-welfare officials have proposed. Walther was directed by an appeals court to reverse her ruling last month putting all children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch into foster case.

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the appeals court’s decision Thursday and rejected the state’s argument that all the children were in immediate danger from what it said was a cycle of sexual abuse of teenage girls at the ranch.