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The counties’ child welfare systems are under state supervision with one under full control of the state following an 8-year-old child’s death. Learn more details on these counties’ cases.
The lawsuit also says that county DSS offices “routinely retaliate” against foster parents for “voicing opinions or opposing DSS recommendations” by removing or threatening to remove the ...
However, on March 27, 2023, the Cherokee County District Attorney, Ashley Welch, sought to recuse from the case, citing that she and an assistant district attorney may be witnesses for the investigation, as they were contacted by a Cherokee County Sheriff's Office deputy hours after the shooting.
Cherokee County is a member of the regional Southwestern Commission Council of Governments. Cherokee County faces more than $50 million in costs related to lawsuits over its Department of Social Services practice of separating children from families with an unlawful form to bypass judicial approval. [67]
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department The civil rights of a 2-year-old girl were violated when she was fatally shot by police last March in southeast Kansas, a federal lawsuit filed Friday alleges.
Cherokee County Governmental Building Authority is a 2013 Supreme Court of Oklahoma case that held for the first time that the Oklahoma state constitution provided a civil remedy for violations of state constitutional rights. [1]
For the family named in the lawsuit, the nightmare began on Feb. 7, 2022, when DSS was alerted that the girl accused her father of abuse, according to court documents.
In his first year in the county’s custody, DSS changed his placements 11 times, the suit contends. Social Worker William Matthews asks a question during a class on permanency planning at Wake ...