Salt Lake City, UT asked in Family Law for Ohio

Q: Can I get copies of CPS investigations and records from my childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and South Carolina? How?

As a child I dealt with abuse, there were many investigations between the three states. In Ohio me and my siblings were taken into CPS custody. I've recently received some court documents from one investigation in the estate of my now passed abuser. And want to know if I can get the other records and if so how I would go about it?

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Kelly A Rochotte
Kelly A Rochotte
Answered
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Licensed in Ohio

A: You may contact them directly and request the relevant county's general process. You are entitled to the records that concern you, but you may be required to execute an authorization, which will look different depending on the state and county where the investigation(s) took place. Some counties may have restrictions on the length of time in which the file is available. You may have trouble obtaining them overall unless they are needed for a defined legal purpose.

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