Lone Star CASA
Serving Rockwall and Kaufman Counties
CASA Process
CPS INVESTIGATION
Ruled Out
TMC
(Temporary Managing Conservatorship)
FBSS
(Family-Based Safety Services)
no court orders
FBSS
Court Ordered Services
- CASA may be appointed
- No 12-month deadline
CASA may be appointed at any time from DAY 1.
DAY 1: Ex Parte Hearing
- Original petition files, 12-month deadline establised to resolve case.
- CPS Unit - Investigations
DAY 14: Hearing (Show Cause Hearing)
- CPS must "show cause" that the children should have been removed and give status update.
- Parents can contest TMC; a separate hearing will be scheduled.
- CPS Unit - Investigations
DAY 60: Status Hearing
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement and permanency plan.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
DAY 180: FIRST PERMANENCY HEARING (HALFWAY TO DEADLINE)
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement.
- Focus on permanency goals and barriers.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
DAY 300: SECOND PERMANENCY HEARING
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement.
- Focus on permanency goals and barriers.
- Possibly discuss transition plans and options.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
CASA may be appointed at any time from DAY 1.
DAY 1: Ex Parte Hearing
- Original petition files, 12-month deadline establised to resolve case.
- CPS Unit - Investigations
DAY 14: Hearing (Show Cause Hearing)
- CPS must "show cause" that the children should have been removed and give status update.
- Parents can contest TMC; a separate hearing will be scheduled.
- CPS Unit - Investigations
DAY 60: Status Hearing
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement and permanency plan.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
DAY 180: FIRST PERMANENCY HEARING (HALFWAY TO DEADLINE)
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement.
- Focus on permanency goals and barriers.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
DAY 300: SECOND PERMANENCY HEARING
- Discuss service plan, progress, placement.
- Focus on permanency goals and barriers.
- Possibly discuss transition plans and options.
- CPS Unit - Conservatorship
outcomes
- Prior to 365 day dismissal date, must achieve one of the six following outcomes.
Case dismissed
Everyone dismissed.
Return and Monitor
Maximum six months with kids at home ending in dismissal or re-removal.
Extension
(Fairly rare). Maximum six months in placement.
Ends with any other outcome except extension.
PMC to Relative
Everyone dismissed.
PMC to CPS
Only for older youth.
CPS Unit – Conservatorship
Termination by Agreement or Trial
CPS Unit – Adoption
CASA dismissed upon consummation of adoption.
Case dismissed
Everyone dismissed.
Return and Monitor
Maximum six months with kids at home ending in dismissal or re-removal.
Extension
(Fairly rare). Maximum six months in placement.
Ends with any other outcome except extension.
PMC to Relative
Everyone dismissed.
PMC to CPS
Only for older youth.
CPS Unit – Conservatorship
Termination by Agreement or Trial
CPS Unit – Adoption
CASA dismissed upon consummation of adoption.