![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)
…at the discretion of whoever has custody of the children. An example of a CVA: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20708806-cherokeecva#document/p1 Is a CVA legally binding? No. There is no true legal document in North…
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Verdict: Federal jury awards millions to daughter, father separated by Cherokee County DSS
…CVAs in recent years in Cherokee County. Many of those cases are also pending in federal court. The county used CVAs to separate families as far back as 2006. The…
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Trial testimony focuses on whether father understood document DSS told him to sign
…sign the CVA, she said. She testified that he was interested when she talked to him about a CVA and that she explained the document to him on more than…
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Family separated by DSS offers emotional testimony in 2nd day of federal civil trial
…him. Another judge voided all other CVAs three months later, returning children to their families because CVAs are not lawful in North Carolina. Nearly every Cherokee County DSS worker…
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A federal case: Violated rights versus ‘best interests’ of child
…of town, Garrett said, “No.” Hogan regained custody of his daughter after presenting the CVA to District Court Judge Monica Leslie in December 2017. A ‘stuck case’ All CVAs were…