District Judge Barbara L. Walther gave permission to the parents to take back their children. The state took more than 400 children in April, when authorities made a raid on a polygamist sect’s property.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the judge gave this order after the Supreme Court made its ruling last week, agreeing that authorities shouldn’t have taken the children into protective custody.

Initially, Walther refused to sign a deal between the state and lawyers for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which would have allowed the release of the children. The judge was afraid that the parents would leave the state.

Although parents can come and take back their children, there are some conditions imposed.

Parents have to submit their fingerprints and allow for the authorities to photograph them while they come to take home their kids. They also have to attend some parenting classes and remain in Texas.

Although some families came to take their children on Monday, the entire process should take several days.

Cynthia Martinez, a spokeswoman for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, said that she was happy the reunions started.

The state isn’t at all happy with the decision and continues to contest it. It had argued that the fact that the sect believed in polygamy was a risk for the children. The Court said this reason was not enough to take the children away from their families.

Willie Jessop, one of the sect’s officials, said the judge’s decision was unnecessarily restrictive, reported the Los Angeles Times.