…of millions of dollars related to more than a dozen cases where Cherokee County DSS workers used CVAs to pressure parents into relinquishing custody of their children. Commissioner Gary Westmoreland…
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Molly’s story: Woman illegally removed from her family as a child looks back
…department as the use of CVAs and other documents to separate parents and children expanded. “I didn’t want to make her feel bad,” Cordell said. “I know that it was…
![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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NC woman wins $4 million settlement over illegal removal from her family
…a 2018 court hearing, that he got a copy of a CVA during a continuing legal education course in 2007 or 2010 — or “perhaps earlier.” The CVA was drafted…
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NC county’s DSS woes get national spotlight
…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….