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The impact of DCS’ discovery gap on parents – a former department attorney’s perspective
Guest Opinion//August 24, 2023//[read_meter]
On Aug. 21, 2023, a letter from the Division Chief Counsel representing the Department of Child Safety (DCS) went out to all presiding judges across the state of Arizona. The letter requested that they “suspend any trials and severance proceedings” set in the next two weeks because of a review that revealed thousands of documents were not made discoverable in over 3,800 cases, with an estimated 139 finalized adoptions also affected. It should also be noted that the issue dates back to when the state’s database software program, Guardian, was first implemented in February 2021 (meaning, the number of cases affected could be exponentially greater). (Photo by Pexels)
The impact of DCS’ discovery gap on parents – a former department attorney’s perspective
Guest Opinion//August 24, 2023//[read_meter]
