I live in Idaho.
My step-son, while in the care of his father, made statements to the police which resulted in me being charged with felony child abuse. A few weeks later, he told his mother (my wife) that he had lied. I was not present. My wife scheduled an appointment for him to see a counselor to verify if he was now telling the truth or not. Unfortuneately, she told his father about it. The father then contacted the prosecutor and told them that he was concerned that his son was being manipulated and needed to get him away from his mother. I do not believe he said anything about the son changing his story. The prosecutor called a Grand Jury and managed to get my wife charged with failure to report, which the police had previously investigated and dismissed. This resulted in my wife getting a no-contact order and the son being in the sole custody of his father. This occured prior to the son's counseling appointment and so he never went.
My question is: Does this possibly give me grounds to file a police report? Anything the son may have said in counseling could have potentially been used as evidence in my case; if he confirmed that he had originally lied and satisfied a child pyschologist that he was now being honest, it could have even gotten my case dismissed.
I believe that the father intentionally tried to prevent his son from being seen by a counselor soley to keep him from saying anything that could have cleared me. In Idaho Law 18-2603 it sounds like it is only a crime if something like this were to happen during an investigation.
ANy help or insight is appreciated.
My step-son, while in the care of his father, made statements to the police which resulted in me being charged with felony child abuse. A few weeks later, he told his mother (my wife) that he had lied. I was not present. My wife scheduled an appointment for him to see a counselor to verify if he was now telling the truth or not. Unfortuneately, she told his father about it. The father then contacted the prosecutor and told them that he was concerned that his son was being manipulated and needed to get him away from his mother. I do not believe he said anything about the son changing his story. The prosecutor called a Grand Jury and managed to get my wife charged with failure to report, which the police had previously investigated and dismissed. This resulted in my wife getting a no-contact order and the son being in the sole custody of his father. This occured prior to the son's counseling appointment and so he never went.
My question is: Does this possibly give me grounds to file a police report? Anything the son may have said in counseling could have potentially been used as evidence in my case; if he confirmed that he had originally lied and satisfied a child pyschologist that he was now being honest, it could have even gotten my case dismissed.
I believe that the father intentionally tried to prevent his son from being seen by a counselor soley to keep him from saying anything that could have cleared me. In Idaho Law 18-2603 it sounds like it is only a crime if something like this were to happen during an investigation.
ANy help or insight is appreciated.