Request for copy of CPS caserecord - form

[Dan Sullivan]

This is for NY.

If you're from another state substitute your state's comparable SS Law.

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Commissioner ______________________ Date ________

_______________ Dept. of Social Services

Re: NYSCR Register No. ____________

Dear Commissioner,

According to Article 6, Section 422, subsection 4, of the New York
State Social Services Law, Title 6:

"Reports made pursuant to this title as well as any other information obtained, reports written or photographs taken concerning such reports in the possession of the department or local departments shall be confidential and shall only be made available to... (d) any person who is the subject of the report or other persons named in the report."

I/We are now requesting of you and the ______________ Dept. of Social Services pursuant to the above stated law, copies of any and all reports written and photographs taken and any other information obtained and held by the Dept. of Social Services concerning our family and the suspected report of child abuse or maltreatment. Such information would include caseworker progress notes, recordings, transcripts, records of telephone conversations, etc.

Sincerely,

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Send this request to the Commissioner of Social Services of your county, NOT the commissioner of CPS.

Send it USPS return receipt requested.

The copy of your records should take ten working days.

You are supposed to receive a complete copy, BUT it's not unusual for CPS to withold pages of exculpatory information.

[AUNT JENN]

WHAT IS THE STATE REGULATIONS FOR VERMONT PLEASE HELP ME

[MoodyCat]

Is the "Commissioner of Human Services" the same as the Commissioner of Social Services?