if there were no charges brought against YOU then you have no worries.

I think you're good @whatthefu :)

Depending on your state, you can end up on a 'registry' if there has been a report listing you as a parent of a child possibly neglected or abused.

It is a long shot in your case but you can find out via CPS in your state, check the website, in TX you can download a form to mail in to see if you are any sort of registry.

whatthefu said:

CPS never even contacted DH or I. Police said no criminal charges were being filed. CPS was called on DH not on me (had nothing to do with our kids).  

Neither CPS or the police have told us if the cases are closed or if they were never opened. It's pretty annoying to not know! 

My degree puts me working with kids. I can't risk something coming up in a background check on ME even as pending investigation or anything. I have no idea how to find out the status of any of it either! 

If it did not involve you are kids you are probably JUST fine. 

Your DH should request some more info from CPS if he can.  Does he have a caseworker name?  

I understand your worries;  my intended degree will have me workign with kids and the same with DW and we are both worried because of CPS interaction we had years ago, all unfounded, but nonetheless worrisome.

whatthefu said:

@Charlotte_Sometimes Nope no caseworker, as I said CPS never called or showed up at the door or anything. If our kids hadn't told us someone came to talk to them at school we wouldn't have known they did. 

Ohhh that makes me mad on so many levels.  They are SUPPOSED to let you guys know!  At least after the fact.  I would try contacting the local CPS office whoever via certified mail and ask straight up if there are any open cases or what the status was of any previous cases.  How long ago did this happen?  And what state are you in?

CPS did an investigation based on allegations that my XH (not ex at the time, but separated) inappropriately touched my step-daughter and her friend. My kids were interviewed at school and I found out after the fact. I was expecting it though as my stepdaughter's mother told me that she reported it.

When my kids were newborn, 2, and 4, my older 2 kids got out of the house before XH and I woke up that morning (my mom left the front door unlocked when she left for work). We later found out it was only about 30 minutes, but the sheriff and CPS got involved. We were subjected to a CPS investigation and made the recommended changes to the doors.

As a result, I can be a teacher in any school district in my state (have my degree and certification), but cannot be a day care provider. I'm not really sure which situation it relates to, but I think it's the 2nd. It really all depends on what job you're trying to get.

Hm, it might be different in Canada from the US, but here a criminal check won't show anything if CPS did an investigation. However, if you were to get a job working with kids, they would do a child welfare check also, and *that* would show if there were any files referring to you.