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ma1317
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What is the name of your state? Indiana
When my husband was 12 years old he was caught "feeling up" his younger sister. He later admitted to his mother that, since the age of about 9, his step father (the sister's father) was forcing him and his 4 younger sisters (three of which are his daughters) to engage in oral and anal sex with him (the father) as well as with each other. He was beaten pretty badly by his mother for this, but it was never brought up to the step father. By this time the step father was in jail for an unrelated crime so he could no longer abuse the kids. The parents later divorced and the 5 kids were warned never to discuss this issue with ANYONE.
My husband is now 21 years old and is about to finish college. He and his mother have recently had a falling out over our marriage and she has threatened to have him arrested for abusing his sisters. She has even went as far as to contact lawyers about bringing criminal charges against him.
My question(s) is/are this:
1. What would happen to the girls? (All of them but one are still minors)
2. Can she press charges against him almost 10 years later?
3. Is it too late to bring charges against the step father?
4. What can/would happen if charges are brought up?
5. Would he be tried as a juvenile since he was 12 years old at the time of the last "incident"?
6. Could she also be charged for not doing anything to stop it or for not filing a report way back then? (She threatens my husband each time they argue with calling the police, but this is the first time she has actually taken steps to actually do anything).
Thanks for your help
MA1317
When my husband was 12 years old he was caught "feeling up" his younger sister. He later admitted to his mother that, since the age of about 9, his step father (the sister's father) was forcing him and his 4 younger sisters (three of which are his daughters) to engage in oral and anal sex with him (the father) as well as with each other. He was beaten pretty badly by his mother for this, but it was never brought up to the step father. By this time the step father was in jail for an unrelated crime so he could no longer abuse the kids. The parents later divorced and the 5 kids were warned never to discuss this issue with ANYONE.
My husband is now 21 years old and is about to finish college. He and his mother have recently had a falling out over our marriage and she has threatened to have him arrested for abusing his sisters. She has even went as far as to contact lawyers about bringing criminal charges against him.
My question(s) is/are this:
1. What would happen to the girls? (All of them but one are still minors)
2. Can she press charges against him almost 10 years later?
3. Is it too late to bring charges against the step father?
4. What can/would happen if charges are brought up?
5. Would he be tried as a juvenile since he was 12 years old at the time of the last "incident"?
6. Could she also be charged for not doing anything to stop it or for not filing a report way back then? (She threatens my husband each time they argue with calling the police, but this is the first time she has actually taken steps to actually do anything).
Thanks for your help
MA1317