{"id":1278,"date":"2012-02-22T00:43:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/southern-california-deputy-district-attorney-has-name-added-caci-child-abuse-central-index\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:49:00","slug":"southern-california-deputy-district-attorney-has-name-added-caci-child-abuse-central-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/southern-california-deputy-district-attorney-has-name-added-caci-child-abuse-central-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Deputy District Attorney \u2013 Has Name Added to the C.A.C.I (Child Abuse Central Index)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Attorney<\/a>Yes, even county prosecutors are susceptible to the Child Abuse Central Index, commonalty referred to as the C.A.C.I. Believe it or not, the name of a Deputy District Attorney in Orange County along with his wife\u2019s name were added to the C.A.C.I. and their names remained on the index for approximately 11 months. The prosecutor\u2019s story has recently made headlines because he is now suing the Orange County Social Services Agency and the social worker that handled his case.
\nThough the prosecutor\u2019s story is now shedding light on what the prosecutor claims are inadequacies with the C.A.C.I., attorneys such as attorney Daniel V. Cota who have fought to get people\u2019s names off of the C.A.C.I for several years now, have always maintained that it is unconstitutional has many shortcomings.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor is alleged to have caused emotional abuse to his daughter by using scissors to cut off her hair in an effort to discipline her. This triggered an investigation by the Orange County Social Services Agency and a social worker found the allegation to be \u201cinconclusive.\u201d Thus, the names of the prosecutor and his wife were immediately added to the C.A.C.I.
\nIn fighting to remove the names of numerous clients from the C.A.C.I., we have often run into many of the same problems that the prosecutor experienced. For example:<\/p>\n

1.\tA person\u2019s name is added to the C.A.C.I. immediately after the social worker\u2019s report and\/or determination is made, without allowing the appeals process to run its course first. This would seem to violate the Due Process Clause as provided in both the California and United States Constitutions.<\/p>\n

2.\tA person is entitled to a grievance hearing, but most times it takes a very long time before the hearing is conducted. In the prosecutor\u2019s case, his name remained on the C.A.C.I. for 11 months.<\/p>\n

3.\tThe grievance hearing process turns the tables on the accused in that a person is basically \u201cguilty until proven innocent.\u201d Again, a person\u2019s name is added to the C.A.C.I. before a hearing is conducted and a person must prove why their name should be removed from the C.A.C.I. (instead of the Social Services Agency having to prove why a person\u2019s name should be added or remain on the index).<\/p>\n

4.\tIt takes several months to get the social worker\u2019s report(s). This is because the appropriate petitions must be filed with the Children\u2019s Court in order to gain access to these reports, which can take months to be reviewed and approved. In the prosecutor\u2019s case, he was not allowed to see the report for 12 weeks.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how the prosecutor fairs in his lawsuit. We hope that the information in this blog gives you some helpful insight into the C.A.C.I. If you or a loved one needs assistance with getting a name removed from the C.A.C.I., visit our website at www.danielcotalaw.com or call the Law Offices of Daniel V. Cota toll free at (800) 351-6860. We are ready to take your call 7 days a week, 24 hours a day! The Law Offices of Daniel V. Cota has been in the business of helping people remove their name from the C.A.C.I for over 7 years and we would like to help you get your name removed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, even county prosecutors are susceptible to the Child Abuse Central Index, commonalty referred to as the C.A.C.I. Believe it or not, the name of a Deputy District Attorney in Orange County along with his wife\u2019s name were added to the C.A.C.I. and their names remained on the index for approximately 11 months. The prosecutor\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-criminal-law-blog","tag-child-abuse-central-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5610,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}