SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A court commissioner had tentatively ordered a Houston woman to relinquish temporary custody of her two young children to her ex-husband’s sister hours before the family was killed in a murder suicide, an attorney said Wednesday.

Authorities responding to a 911 call in an upscale, gated community in San Clemente found 38-year-old Elizabeth Fontaine; her mother, 67-year-old Bonnie Hoult; and daughters 4-year-old Catherine and 2-year-old Julia shot dead Monday afternoon in an apparent murder suicide.

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