…of the judicial system. Workers often convinced parents to sign what they called a Custody and Visitation Agreement, or CVA. However, the use of these specific documents escalated in 2016,…
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Criminal trial for Cherokee County’s former social services attorney postponed
…Custody and Visitation Agreement, or CVA. Only much later did social workers and parents learn the document was made up. Social workers testified that they questioned the legality of the…
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NC county settles child removal lawsuits for $42 million
…federal civil trial. Cherokee County DSS had been losing cases, and using the CVA, or other documents in a substantially similar way, saved time and money. Once the agreement was…
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Settlement in Cherokee County DSS cases appears close
…a variety of ways, among them with a document called a Custody and Visitation Agreement. While CVAs are formatted to appear like an official custody agreement, they have no legal…
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Child’s death triggers new state response to Cherokee County DSS
…Judge Monica Leslie invalidated Cherokee County’s CVA with Hogan. Several months later, a different judge invalidated all additional CVAs the county had with other parents. The judge said the CVA…