…in May. While the county’s attorney for civil litigation has said CVAs started in 2008, the attorneys for the children say they may have been authored as far back as…
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Former DSS director pleads guilty to felony obstruction of justice
…workers testified Lindsay furnished the CVA to them and sometimes filled out the form. Former social worker Katie Brown said when she first heard of the CVA, she had questions….
![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://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cherokeedss.jpg?resize=1172%2C879&ssl=1)
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Indicted former director resigns from DSS position, can’t work for county again
…doing what was in the best interest of them: The easy, cheap, quicker way.” CVAs come to light After conferring with other lawyers about Hogan’s CVA, Jackson represented Hogan for…
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County agrees to settle with woman separated from family as a child
…family members as a result of one of Cherokee County’s Custody and Visitation Agreements, or CVAs, which the courts have repeatedly said were illegal. The parties settled last week for…
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Parties negotiate settlement in jail death case
…sued in multiple federal lawsuits for the use of CVAs. Brian Hogan and his teenage daughter won a $4.6 million jury verdict in May related to the use of CVAs…