Published research archive — not attorney-reviewed
Passes 39–50 are published as research summaries with source leads, procedural distinctions and open verification notes. No attorney-reviewed PDFs, revised state notices, or updated master packet are represented here. The project is publishing without qualified local attorney review. Deadlines are highly case- and notice-dependent; use the actual written notice and current official law. Nothing here stops an investigation, prevents lawful emergency action, files an appeal, or extends a deadline.
Pass 39 · Massachusetts
Supported / substantiated-concern / unsupported distinctions
- Research distinguished the agency's supported or substantiated-concern outcomes from unsupported reports; those labels should not be treated as interchangeable.
- A 30-day fair-hearing route was identified, but guidance and regulatory text were not fully reconciled. Do not state the 30-day period without checking the exact decision type and notice.
- First-contact rights, school interview authority, grievances, and home-visit/access rules require careful qualification. Refusal of voluntary services may have separate court consequences.
Open verification
Reconcile the fair-hearing deadline against current DCF regulations and the actual appeal notice; confirm school interview authority and local practice. Publication hold remains.
Pass 40 · Maryland
Indicated and unsubstantiated findings have different challenge paths
- Maryland's investigation response/classification must be identified before selecting a review route.
- Indicated findings and unsubstantiated findings follow distinct procedures; the research identified separate local conference / Office of Administrative Hearings pathways and 60-day periods, with receipt presumptions and special exceptions.
- School interviews may occur without advance parental notice in circumstances allowed by law or policy. Record retention and database consequences are not identical to the finding label itself.
Open verification
Confirm the current COMAR version, court-involvement exceptions, the correct recipient-specific deadline, and retention/database consequences for the particular disposition. Publication hold remains.
Pass 41 · Michigan
Central Registry review is distinct from local-record amendment
- Separate the Central Registry hearing process from a request to amend a confirmed local-office record; they are not the same remedy.
- MCL 722.627j(8) contains a 180-day period tied to service of the hearing-rights notice after denial of an amendment request. The trigger is not simply the date the original finding was made.
- School access, interviews, notice, and registry consequences need to be described separately from local file access and correction.
Open verification
Recheck the current amendment-request steps, service requirements, and conviction-related exceptions before stating who qualifies or calculating any period. Publication hold remains.
Pass 42 · Minnesota
Family Assessment and Investigation tracks; reconsideration clocks
- Minn. Stat. ch. 260E governs the child-protection response. The research recorded a general 45-day assessment/investigation completion period and outcome notice within 10 working days.
- Reconsideration is generally identified as 15 days after notice; specified disqualification cases have a 30-day period. These are distinct triggers and should not be collapsed.
- School officials receive advance written notice before certain interviews; parents are generally notified by the conclusion of the investigation rather than necessarily before the school interview.
Open verification
Provider Hub live-status and portal implementation were unresolved. Confirm the responsible department/filer, eligibility, delivery method and current portal instructions. Publication hold remains.
Pass 43 · Mississippi
Agency finding, Youth Court adjudication and Central Registry are separate
- Do not equate a CPS agency finding with a Youth Court adjudication or Central Registry placement; each has a distinct legal function.
- SB 2805, effective July 1, 2026, was identified as changing qualifying Central Registry placement criteria to require a qualifying conviction or court adjudication. Enrolled-text and implementation verification remains necessary.
- The 2021 manual described Level Two / Level Three initiation targets of 72 / 24 hours; these are not represented here as verified current statutory deadlines.
- Home entry requires permission absent another lawful basis. Interview notice is conditional. Agency appeal guidance identified a written request within 30 days to adminhearings@mdcps.ms.gov; court review is a separate track.
Open verification
Current MDCPS investigation manual, registry implementation, case-closure records and appeal policy version remain unresolved. Publication hold remains.
Pass 44 · Missouri
Investigation notice, timelines and separate review routes
- Mo. Rev. Stat. §210.145 and January 12, 2026 Practice Alert PA26-IA-01 were central sources.
- Research recorded initiation within 24 hours generally and 72 hours for educational-neglect reports; direct observation in serious-harm cases within 24 hours.
- CS-21 notice was identified within 15 calendar days. Parent pre-interview notice is generally required unless the parent is the alleged perpetrator; access/refusal and no-coercion limits also matter.
- Completion is generally 45 days, with documented extensions and statutory 90-/120-day outer limits identified in the research.
- Separate review routes include circuit-court review within 30 days, administrative review within 60 days, and a further 60-day post-CANRB route where eligible. A criminal-charge election may change the route.
Open verification
Current text/version of 13 CSR 35-31.025 and precise eligibility/trigger language remain to be verified. Do not treat every route as available for every finding. Publication hold remains.
Pass 45 · Montana
Written rights, voluntary access, removal and substantiation appeal
- MCA §41-3-216(2) requires a clear written description during initial interactions of counsel rights, the ability to refuse home entry or drug/alcohol testing absent a court order, the ability not to speak with the investigator, dignity and nondiscrimination, respect for culture/language/religion, and investigation procedures. The recording right is stated separately in §41-3-216(1)(d)(iii): on removal of a child, the department must verbally advise the parent that they may record interactions with a department employee if they tell the employee recording is occurring. Do not describe this as an item automatically included in the initial written rights notice.
- MCA §41-3-202(3) permits a child interview in the presence of a parent/guardian or a school/day-care employee. Under §41-3-202(4), if the child interview is audio- or videotaped, an unedited copy with audio track must be made available to the family on request, subject to §41-3-205(3). The reviewed text does not require every interview to be recorded and does not establish a universal advance-notice or parental-presence right.
- A 60-day assessment/completion period appeared in agency guidance; do not present that guide period as an unconditional statutory deadline.
- Emergency removal procedures were recorded as including a hearing within 5 business days, affidavit within 2 working days, petition within 5 working days and show-cause hearing within 21 days, subject to the exact statutory posture.
- Eligible substantiation appeals were identified as due within 30 days from mailing of notice, not receipt; the appeal right is not universal to every agency contact.
Open verification
Verify the current administrative rules and exact service/appeal triggers before publication. Preserve the statutory distinction between initial written rights under §41-3-216(2), the recording advisement verbally required on removal under §41-3-216(1), and the conditional family access to an unedited child-interview recording under §41-3-202(4). Publication hold remains.
Pass 46 · Nebraska
Traditional vs. Alternative Response; registry appeal and expungement
- Nebraska statutes distinguish Traditional Response from Alternative Response under §§28-712 and 28-712.01.
- Child interviews may occur without parental consent or knowledge under 395 NAC ch. 6 §005.01. Home entry remains subject to consent or other lawful authority; refusal of voluntary entry is not itself consent.
- Research recorded 24-hour / 5-day response periods and a 60-day assessment period; confirm which response track and risk category applies.
- Emergency report/court procedures under §43-250(5) include a 24-hour report and 48-hour court-order timing in the specified emergency context.
- Registry appeal under §28-713.01 was identified as 14 calendar days from the date notice is sent; a timely appeal blocks registry placement while pending. Minor expungement routes include a 60-day hearing period and a 30-day waiver window in the specified circumstances.
Open verification
Official current compilation of the administrative rule and precise transfer/appeal filing mechanics remain to be checked. Publication hold remains.
Pass 47 · Nevada
Interview authority, home entry, registry appeal and grievance
- NRS ch. 432B and NAC ch. 432B govern investigation, interviews, entry and review. Children may be interviewed without parental consent or presence in authorized circumstances; prompt notice is addressed in policy.
- Home entry generally requires consent, exigency or warrant. Consent may be withdrawn; absent another legal basis, workers must leave.
- Photos or X-rays may be authorized without consent under specified statutory conditions.
- Policy response benchmarks recorded in research include 6-hour, 24-hour and 72-hour categories; statute separately provides a 3-day evaluation/initiation framework.
- Eligible substantiation appeal: 15 days from notice sent. A separate grievance period was identified as 30 days. A custody hearing follows within 72 hours in the applicable removal track.
Open verification
Statewide Policy 0508 currency and the credible-evidence / preponderance terminology conflict remain unresolved. Registry appeal, grievance and court custody review must not be merged. Publication hold remains.
Pass 48 · New Hampshire
First-contact rights and distinct founded-finding routes
- RSA 169-C:34(VI) requires disclosure of specific allegations and explanation of rights at first contact, including the right not to permit entry or surrender the child without a court order; acknowledgment/copy requirements apply. Refusal leads to consultation about seeking a court order, not forced entry.
- RSA 169-C:38(IV)-(V) permits trained DCYF/law-enforcement school, childcare or public-place interviews without parental consent or notice in the specified circumstances; interviews must be videotaped if possible, otherwise fully audio-recorded.
- Investigation may begin immediately when warranted, otherwise within 72 hours; 60-day completion was identified as protocol, not an unconditional statutory limit.
- Founded categories include Court Action, Services Only, Problem Resolved, Unfounded, Unfounded with Reasonable Concerns and Incomplete. A non-court founded-finding administrative hearing is generally due within 30 days of notice receipt under He-C 6430.04; court-route appeal generally runs 30 days after final dispositional order.
- Expungement may be petitioned for after one year, then generally every three years after denial.
Open verification
RSA 169-C:28 refers to Superior Court appeal while He-C rules refer to Supreme Court, an unresolved forum conflict. Emergency deadlines and expungement exceptions require case-specific confirmation. No Pass 48 PDF or revised notice was generated. Publication hold remains.
Pass 49 · New Jersey
Four finding categories and a limited 20-day administrative review
- N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.11 and N.J.A.C. 3A:10-2.2 address investigation and priority response; research recorded a 24-hour investigation framework and 72-hour Registry forwarding in the specified context.
- N.J.A.C. 3A:10-7.1 addresses post-interview notice, including law-enforcement/prosecutor delay and institutional collateral-child exceptions.
- Findings are substantiated, established, not established or unfounded. N.J.A.C. 3A:10-7.3 provides a 60-day determination period with 30-day extensions in the specified circumstances.
- Eligible administrative review generally runs 20 days from notice, or from knowledge where notice was not provided. Substantiated and established findings may qualify; not-established and unfounded findings do not automatically qualify.
- Administrative review is separate from the generally 45-day Appellate Division appeal period. Emergency removal has separate two-court-day complaint/appearance requirements.
Open verification
Confirm exact eligibility and notice exceptions, and distinguish the administrative review from judicial appeal. Chapter 3A:10 was readopted March 25, 2026; verify the current official rule text before relying on a subsection. Publication hold remains.
Pass 50 · New York
SCR investigation, indicated-report amendment and Family Court distinction
- Social Services Law §424(6) generally requires investigation initiation within 24 hours; 18 NYCRR §432.3(j) provides written notice generally within seven days after oral report, subject to statutory/regulatory conditions.
- School/child interviews may occur without parental consent under §424(6) and applicable conditions. Home access has a court-order process under §424(6-a) and (6-b); do not confuse a request for entry with judicial authorization.
- Investigation determination is generally due within 60 days. Notice of an indicated report is generally required within seven days after determination.
- Under SSL §422(8), a request to amend an indicated report generally must be made within 90 days of notification. If OCFS does not amend within 90 days after the request, a fair-hearing entitlement may arise. A pending Article 10 Family Court case can stay amendment review but does not erase the initial deadline.
- Family Assessment Response is distinct from an investigative finding. Reporter identity and records access are subject to confidentiality limits.
- 2026 caller-identification changes for the Statewide Central Register took effect June 17, 2026. Under Social Services Law §422(2)(d), the SCR must ask callers for their name and contact information and generally may not transmit a report to local CPS for investigation if that information is not provided, unless the SCR reasonably believes the caller is under 18. Under §422(2)(e), a caller who declines must be connected to a supervisor, who explains statutory confidentiality protections, available preventive/supportive services, and that knowingly making a false or baseless report violates Penal Law §240.50(4). This change concerns SCR intake and transmission; it does not itself establish whether an allegation is true.
Open verification
Confirm exact exceptions, service/receipt triggers, current OCFS implementation and the Article 10 stay effect for the specific case. No Pass 50 legal-review or revised-notice PDF was generated; the master packet was unchanged. Publication hold remains.
Production status for Passes 39–50
Research complete in the previous chat; no Pass 39–50 legal-review PDFs, revised notice PDFs/DOCX, claim registers, or updated master packet were generated there. This webpage is a newly compiled research index from those findings. It does not change any state's release status. All 50 state notices remain research drafts on publication hold.
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