R512-76-4. Criteria for Expungement

  (1) Automatic Expungement after one year:

  (a) All allegation types with a finding of Without Merit or Unsubstantiated by the court will be automatically expunged if:

  (i) One year has passed since the case closure date with no subsequent ongoing case or removal; and

  (ii) One year has passed since the case closure date with no subsequent CPS case, including unaccepted referrals.

  (2) Automatic Expungement after five years:

  (a) Allegations of dependency and educational neglect will be automatically expunged after five years if:

  (i) The original CPS case did not result in an ongoing case or removal; and

  (ii) Five years have passed since the case closure date with no subsequent CPS case, including unaccepted referrals.

  (iii) Not eligible to make the request until a minimum of five years after the case closure date.

  (3) Expungement Upon Request after five years:

  (a) After five years have passed since the case closure date, an individual may request an expungement on the following Unsupported General Findings:

  (i) Child Endangerment;

  (ii) Dealing in Material Harmful to a Child;

  (iii) Dental Neglect;

  (iv) Dependency;

  (v) Domestic Violence Related Child Abuse;

  (vi) Educational Neglect;

  (vii) Emotional Abuse;

  (viii) Emotional Maltreatment;

  (ix) Environmental Neglect;

  (x) Failure to Protect;

  (xi) Failure to Thrive;

  (xii) Medical Neglect;

  (xiii) Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy;

  (xiv) Non-Supervision;

  (xv) Pediatric Condition Falsification;

  (xvi) Physical Abuse;

  (xvii) Physical Health;

  (xviii) Physical Neglect;

  (xix) Psychological Neglect;

  (xx) Sibling or Child at Risk; and

  (xxi) Unknown.

  (b) The expungement will be approved only if:

  (i) The original CPS case did not result in an ongoing case or removal;

  (ii) Five years have passed since the case closure date with no subsequent CPS case, including unaccepted referrals; and

  (iii) There was no criminal conviction for the same incident.

  (c) Not eligible to make the request until a minimum of five years after the case closure date.

  (4) Expungement Upon Request after 10 years:

  (a) After ten years have passed since the case closure date, an individual may request an expungement on the following Supported General Findings:

  (i) Child Endangerment;

  (ii) Dealing in Material Harmful to a Child;

  (iii) Dental Neglect;

  (iv) Dependency;

  (v) Domestic Violence Related Child Abuse;

  (vi) Educational Neglect;

  (vii) Emotional Abuse;

  (viii) Emotional Maltreatment;

  (ix) Environmental Neglect;

  (x) Failure to Protect;

  (xi) Failure to Thrive;

  (xii) Fetal Exposure to Alcohol or other Harmful Substances;

  (xiii) Medical Neglect;

  (xiv) Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy;

  (xv) Non-Supervision;

  (xvi) Pediatric Condition Falsification;

  (xvii) Physical Abuse;

  (xviii) Physical Health;

  (xix) Physical Neglect;

  (xx) Psychological Neglect;

  (xxi) Sibling or Child at Risk; and

  (xxii) Unknown.

  (b) The expungement will only be approved if:

  (i) The original CPS case did not result in an ongoing case or removal;

  (ii) Ten years have passed since the case closure date with no subsequent CPS case, including unaccepted referrals; and

  (iii) There was no criminal conviction for the same incident.

  (c) Not eligible to make the request until a minimum of ten years after the case closure date.

  (5) Allegations Never Eligible for Expungement:

  (a) The following Supported or Unsupported allegations designated as Chronic and/or Severe and/or there was a criminal conviction for the same incident are never eligible for expungement:

  (i) Abandonment;

  (ii) Baby Doe;

  (iii) Child Endangerment;

  (iv) Chronic Abuse;

  (v) Chronic Neglect;

  (vi) Court Ordered;

  (vii) Dealing in Material Harmful to a Child;

  (viii) Dependency;

  (ix) Domestic Violence Related Child Abuse;

  (x) Educational Neglect;

  (xi) Emotional Abuse;

  (xii) Environmental Neglect;

  (xiii) Failure to Protect;

  (xiv) Failure to Thrive;

  (xv) Fetal Addiction to alcohol or other substance;

  (xvi) Fetal Exposure to Alcohol or other Harmful Substances;

  (xvii) Juvenile Perpetrator- significant or non-significant risk of Sexual and/or Severe Physical Abuse;

  (xviii) Labor Trafficking;

  (xix) Lewdness;

  (xx) Medical Neglect;

  (xxi) Medical neglect resulting in death/disability/serious illness;

  (xxii) Non-Supervision;

  (xxiii) Pediatric Condition Falsification;

  (xxiv) Physical Abuse;

  (xxv) Physical Neglect;

  (xxvi) Ritual Abuse;

  (xxvii) Safe Relinquishment of a Newborn;

  (xxviii) Severe Abuse;

  (xxix) Severe Neglect;

  (xxx) Sexual Abuse;

  (xxxi) Sexual Exploitation;

  (xxxii) Sexual Trafficking; and

  (xxxiii) Sibling or Child at Risk.

  (b) Any allegations with the following findings are never eligible for expungement:

  (i) False Report;

  (ii) Unable to Locate;

  (iii) Unable to Complete; and

  (iv) Substantiated by the Juvenile Court.