Title Vii Rights With Child Protective Services In Virginia
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Emergency Investigation: Must begin within two to four hours and be completed within five working days of the receipt of report. Non-Emergency Investigation: Must begin within three working days of receipt of report and be completed within 15 working days. Family Assessment: May take up to 45 working days.
Family. The Code of Virginia requires a CPS investigation be completed in 45-60 days from the date of the report. If an investigation is being conducted with law enforcement, this time frame may be extended to 90 days.
Every case is unique. Some investigations take a few weeks while others may take a year or more. An attorney can keep you updated throughout the process. In some cases, survivors are hesitant to pursue legal action against the person who has harmed them.
Valid reports of child abuse and/or neglect are assigned to a CPS investigator who provides either an investigation or family assessment. Allegations of abuse or neglect must be investigated within 45-60 days from the date of the report.
After CPS closes your case, the investigation will conclude, and you will not be under further surveillance. If nobody filed criminal charges against you, you can rest assured that the investigation will not end up on your criminal record or background checks.
Confidentiality of Reports CPS will not release identifying information about the person who made the report to the family who was reported. Usually the name of the person making the report will be made known only if a court orders it or if court testimony is involved.
There are some things that the Virginia CPS can not handle. By law, a CPS worker can not require that you give up the care of your child to a family member or friend. Only the Court can order this.
A doctor, DSS protective service worker or law enforcement official may take emergency custody of your child. This can be done without your consent and without a court order.
The Virginia Child Protection and Accountability System collects and makes available to the public information on reported cases of child abuse and neglect and the responses by local departments of social services in Virginia pursuant to the law outlined in Section 63.2-1530.
Appeals of certain actions of local departments. A. A person who is suspected of or is found to have committed abuse or neglect may, within 30 days of being notified of that determination, request the local department rendering such determination to amend the determination and the local department's related records.