When do you have a CPS court hearing?
You are going to have a Court hearing within 14 days of the date your child was removed from your possession. At the hearing, the Court will determine whether there is a continuing danger to your child in your home. CPS will have their investigators, lay witnesses, doctors and police officers ready to testify.
What happens when a child is taken from you by CPS?
If your child has been taken from you, the court will decide at the first hearing whether your child should go home right away or not. This is the first time the court will be asked to make sure that your kids are safe. It’s also the time that the court will make orders about when you can visit your child and where.
What happens when a CPS case is dismissed?
If the judge feels CPS has not shown the need for protection, the case will be dismissed. If you admitted to the allegations in the petition or pled no contest OR if the Court upheld the petition after an AH, the Court will schedule the case for R&D.
Can you go to jail for a CPS case?
Everything in the dependency court is confidential unless you have a criminal charge related to the CPS case. So let that one go…..this is not criminal court and you’re not going to jail behind it. You may think that people think that you’re a bad parent. That’s not what it’s about.
What happens if you do not attend a CPS hearing?
If you do not attend the hearing, your court appointed lawyer will not confirm they are representing you. In addition, CPS will proceed on the case against you and it is likely CPS will win if you are not at the PH hearing to enter your plea.
What happens at the are & D hearing for CPS?
If you admitted to the allegations in the petition or pled no contest OR if the Court upheld the petition after an AH, the Court will schedule the case for R&D. At the R&D hearing, your caseworker will provide the Court with a report and a case plan. You should be provided with these documents before the R&D hearing.
If your child has been taken from you, the court will decide at the first hearing whether your child should go home right away or not. This is the first time the court will be asked to make sure that your kids are safe. It’s also the time that the court will make orders about when you can visit your child and where.
Who is not a defendant in CPS court?
The State or county is the petitioner and the parents, caretakers, or child may be referred to as respondents. They are not “defendants” and the petition does not “charge” them with child abuse or neglect.