CPS legally assumes parental responsibility for a child who is removed from the home and placed in CPS conservatorship. The decision to place a child in substitute care must be supported by a court order authorizing CPS to take possession of the child and manage his or her care.
When a child in placed in substitute care, both CPS and the child’s substitute caregiver work together to help CPS meet its parental responsibility. CPS’s parental responsibility for the child does not end until the child leaves CPS conservatorship.
For operational definitions, see 1411 Types of Cases and Stages of Service.
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