Normally the agency drafts a CHIPS petition in a narrative form, explaining why court ordered services are being requested of the court. Explanation of which parties they are requesting to be in court, and they email the CHIPS petition to their County Attorney's office. 
Unlike other cases that get “log jammedâ€ in the county attorney's office, for example, on cases where paternity is not established, those cases can get held up before moving to get on the courts calendar.  
It was noted that in this case the petition was assigned fairly quickly. Worker wasn't what timeframes apply in court for CHIPS cases, just that they would not start until the petition had admit/deny hearing. 
Prior to the CHIPS petition being filed, both parents knew that it was going to be filed in Juvenile court, and both parents would be required to work with social services case plan. CP mentioned that the father did not have any tasks to complete per say for the case plan, it was mostly going to be structured around the risk to the child and the concerns surrounding deficits in mother's protective capacities.
In 2014 the agency had two staff positions unfilled, so 7 staff we running the CP unit, carrying both investigations, family assessments, child welfare services cases, and CP case management types of cases.  One worker was assigned to minor parent services.  PSOP is contracted out.
A change in the unit dynamic occurred when four new positions were funded.  A decision was made by the CP supervisor and CP unit, that instead of professionals carrying mixed caseloads, professionals would work one or the other, either investigations or case management, not both.
It was further explained that the work is different for each of these types of cases, and carrying both affected how the professionals could complete the work required for both types of cases, and the demands and tasks are different. 

Worker noted that their court system feels unpredictable to their CP unit. It is normal that the expectation of safety for children is not consistent or predictable. It is the norm to see family court default to the CHIPS and social services case, but it is more complex even more now days that it was back in 2014.
Worker learned about the family court order after it occurred. Identified communication challenges within the systems child protection, child support, county attorney for the CHIPS and family court system; two court jurisdictions.   

At the end of this case, it didn't feel “Finalâ€.  Mother didn't have custody but the concerns were still there. She wasn't complying without a formal CHIPS but the order from the child support case trumped the CHIPS. Father was on the CHIPS, but he was and wasn't going to be doing the parenting full time.  His mother, paternal grandmother, stepped in while he was stationed out of state in his place. So they were told by social services that it would be considered failure to protect should they allow mother to have unsupervised contact, since she has not received services yet. Mother struggled to parent safely and adequately.  It is the expectation that the father will protect since social services is out.  Should mother come back into the picture, she would need to work services again. 
Mother was not having contact with the child per the temporary family court order, when CP closed the case.
During 01/20/2017 NF investigation this sibling sister was having contact with mother. Worker wasn't sure what happened, but it appeared Family court order may have been modified allowing mother to have contact or there was subjectivity on the father to decide when it was safe for visitation to occur between the mother and the child. Yet still mother never received the requested CP services that were determined to be needed at completion of the CP Assessment in 09/30/2014.
Worker expressed frustration with circumstances of this case and having many consults with county attorney that did not meet the definition of neglect. Worker had no authority to make mother engage in services, and she would do as little as possible. 

Worker also noted there are not enough services available for minor parents. Example: 45 min home visit with a mother parenting her infant is not enough to learn how to parent.