![The Cherokee County Department of Social Services building in Murphy, N.C. on May 18, 2020. After an SBI investigation, A grand jury indicted several former DSS officials on Monday.[Frank Taylor/The Carolina Public Press]](https://i2.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cherokeedss.jpg?resize=1172%2C879&ssl=1)
…lining up civil suits related to CVA use by Cherokee DSS workers. A lawyer representing the county said workers oversaw 30 CVAs since 2008. To republish this story click here…
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Insurer balks at paying $4.6 million verdict in Cherokee County case
…Visitation Agreement. The CVAs said they granted custody of a child to someone else until the child turned 18 years old. While they appeared to be a legal document, they…
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La protección de los niños y familias de Carolina del Norte, depende del condado
…usaran los documentos para docenas de traslados de niños, incluido el traslado de la hija de Hogan de su cuidado. El Acuerdo de custodia y visitas (CVA, por sus siglas…
Posted inPolitics & Government
Structure of NC child protective services leads to inequity
…in the CVAs. The use of CVAs came to an end in early 2018, when a judge ruled the documents void and called them unlawful. During a resulting federal civil…
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Protection of NC children, families depends on the county
…of actual and constructive fraud. Social workers testified they had parents sign these CVAs for “stuck cases,” or for cases where social workers thought children would be safer in another…