CH 2- Care and Protection

Question 1

What is the most important thing in regards to C&P

Answer 1

Never leave a vulnerable person alone, stay til another person arrives

Question 2

What do you do if you can’t find adequate arrangements for someone

Answer 2

Transport to station or social services

Question 3

Is leaving kids with day care staff after arresting dad good or bad

Answer 3

Good

Question 4

Leaving kids in a hot car on the side of the highway after arrest

Answer 4

Bad

Question 5

What is the purpose of CP

Answer 5

Remove children from unsafe and abusive environments

Question 6

Behaviors that can cause CP

Answer 6

• Lack of physical or educational care
• damaging character development
• lack of proper attention
• sexually exploited
• custodian unwilling, incompetent, or unavailable to provide care

Question 7

Is a parent unfit based on verbal abuse, failure to participate in services, and other concerning behavior

Answer 7

Yes CP

Question 8

Isolated incidents of verbal abuse and lax supervision, sex abuse claims only when daughter is in trouble

Answer 8

No CP

Question 9

Two types of child removals

Answer 9

• police on scene and emergency under 18
• DCF requests assistance to remove child

Question 10

Type 1 - police emergency situations

Answer 10

• abandoned temp or permanent
• at risk due to intoxicated or abusive adult
• at risk to due to other circumstance

Question 11

Options for police emergency with DCF

Answer 11

Remove child and call DCF
- keep child at location and call DCF

Always file 51A

Question 12

What level of certainty does DCF need for removal

Answer 12

Reasonable cause to believe

Question 13

To transfer child custody to DCF in emergency what level of certainty and how long are they granted

Answer 13

Preponderance of the evidence and 72 hour order

Question 14

What is you role if DCF asks you to help with removal

Answer 14

Gain entry, keep peace, remove child safely

Question 15

Case - officers respond to remove child and believe the dad is a drug dealer, they enter his bedroom and search under bed finding marijuana

Answer 15

No
Good

Question 16

Case - judge decides to not terminate parental rights due to angry demeanor

Answer 16

Good

Question 17

Termination of parental rights certainty

Answer 17

Clear and convincing evidence ( not stale)

Question 18

Do parents get counsel during termination hearings

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Final judgment for termination hearing timeline

Answer 19

15 months

Question 20

Options for final judgement in parental termination

Answer 20

• commit to dcf
• leave with parents
• temp custody with dcf and review every 6 months

Question 21

How often should permanency hearings be held for child in dcf custody

Answer 21

Every 12 months

Question 22

Age for DCF young adult

Answer 22

18-22

Question 23

Does the exclusionary rule apply to CP hearings

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What age is an out of court sexual abuse statement from a child admissible

Answer 24

Under 10 - child must be under 10 for statement but trial can happen whenever

Question 25

For under 10 sexual abuse statement to be admissible it must be reliable - 2 ways to show this

Answer 25

• cross examination under oath
• meeting with judge

Question 26

Does DCF have the ability to control access to a child under their control

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

How often must you inspect a foster home

Answer 27

Yearly - refusal then get a warrant with DCF

Question 28

What do you do if a juvenile refuses to have their sexual assault advocate go to court with them

Answer 28

File CP

Question 29

What does the child advocate do

Answer 29

It’s an oversight committee that investigates state run services

Investigate critical incidents where kids under state care are seriously injured or killed

Question 30

How many days of paid respite care do foster parents get a year

Answer 30

10