Associated Press - August 19, 2008 3:54 PM ET

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge's ordered a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who's in jail in Kingman, to be placed in foster care.

The judge ruled there is "uncontroverted evidence of the underage marriage."

Under the ruling, the girl's 11-year-old brother can stay with his mother.

Meanwhile, lawyers reached settlements for three other girls from polygamous families. The children can stay with their mothers, if the women restrict contact with men accused of being involved in underage marriages.

Texas child welfare authorities have been investigating the cases of 440 children since the Texas Supreme Court ordered that the children removed from a west Texas ranch in April be returned to their parents.

The ranch is operated by Jeffs' FLDS church, which is based on the Arizona-Utah border.

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