A four-day-old baby was taken from his mother and kept at the Bexar County Courthouse last month, before Child Protective Services or the district attorney’s office were involved in the case, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The incident occurred Oct. 7 in 288th District Court during a paternity hearing before Judge Mary Lou Alvarez, prompting the DA’s office to request an administrative review of what took place, records show.

Alvarez confirmed the father’s paternity and then ruled both parents were unfit, writing on a docket sheet that the baby faced a “significant risk of imminent harm” if left in their care, according to a copy of the handwritten notes obtained by KSAT Investigates.

Emails that day show Alvarez then ordered that the baby, who was born Oct. 3, be kept in t

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