cps files after 28 years.

[babiesrus2]

cps opened a 28 year old file and stopped me from opening my dream daycare in my home.How long can they hold a file on us. We were unaware it existed. When we left court and was not guilty we thought that was the end of it.

[northernmonkey]

28 years!
A long time, what was the charge?
Think you may need to ring/make an appointment to see a solicitor for the best advice. Who has actually stopped you on opening the Care home, and on what grounds? I would kindly appreciate if you answered the above, as not only may I be able to answer you further with some more detail, it will no doubt help others give you a more detailed answer, compared to the sketchy one's you are going to get from the basic 3 lined Question.

Best of luck

[ojread2]

You will have to have had an Enchanced CRB check for your daycare centre and
anything can show on that, even something you were found not guilty of 28 years ago - you were arressted and charged, it may never go away

Have a look here http://www.theanswerb...l/Question814777.html
Plus search 'CRB Enhanced' and there will be many other replies and questions you can read

[sumo19]

Yeah more details for good answer if its not any trouble.

Did you have to do a CRB check and if so what type? Did you need to apply for a licence, and if so from what organisation?

What were the charges, if you don't mind saying?

[babiesrus2]

My son was 3 yrs. old and he got spanked for messing in the floor and playing in his poop. That night i took him a bath and he had i think a seizure. My husband got him to the hospital, i just had surgery and they stayed so long. He called to let me know the doc. had to report the bruise on his thigh to dss. Long story short dss took him out of the hospital with the sheriff no consent or warrant. We went to court and the judge threw it out.He said take your son home and raise him. He believed in spanking.We did no jail time and was not arrested. We completed parenting courses, got our son back and now he is 31 yrs. old.Files was open after 28 years.

[northernmonkey]

From what you said, it sounds like when the incident first took place, the Authorties absued their powers ect. But, it is worth discussing with a solicitor so you know exactly where you stand

[ojread2]

Are you in the UK?
Your use of Sherrif, spanked and daycare lead me to think you are not

[dmax]

if u were found not guilty in court then why would it be on ur record ???? something fishy !!

[ojread2]

if u were found not guilty in court then why would it be on ur record ????

Errrr, because they were arrested and charged might be the answer

[babiesrus2]

No we was not arrested and we went to court the case worker was asked a question and she said i do this all the time, i ask what is wrong with the children when i go to the hospitals. The judge asked about how many children have you done this way she said probably about a hundred.He stopped the whole trial and said i have heard all i need to hear.He asked us to stand and gave us a lot of advice and dos and dont`s and told us to take a parenting course and a case worker will visit us for three months and i son would return home and raise your child. My parents had my son doing that time not dss. We completed our courses and dss visits and we thought that was the end of it until i wanted a home daycare.We didn`t even know the files could be open anytime.The case never got to a guilty or not guilty verdict we had no jury.

[ojread2]

How is it you went to court then if you were not arrested? You must have been read your rights?
You say " The judge asked about how many children have you done this way she said probably about a hundred."
please expand on this - you took yr child to the hospital 100 times? or do you mean you spanked yr child 100 times? Or you have spanked 100 children? And who is 'she' ?
In this country if you need an enhanced CRB (which you will for a daycare centre) then of course a court appearance for spanking a child will show up on your Check, I'm surprised you think it wouldn't. You will also be required to register with the ISA, which you cannot do without a CRB check in place. You need to get expert advice