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What is the name of your state?New York - My stepson was arrrested & convicted in 1994 of ATT Sodomy. (He was 14 and he was caught having consentual sex with a girl who was 13. Her father caught them and pressed charges against him.) He was released after 6 years for time served. Since his release he has been actively searching for work and staying away from trouble.
Before going to prison, he had a baby daughter. (The charges were NOT from the baby's mother) He hadn't seen his daughter since he was arrested. Now his daughter is 11, and he has been seeing her for the last 4 weeks every Saturday. (His daughter's mother has lost custody of the child to her cousin because she had a drug habit. The mother is now getting her life back together and will, hopefully, have legal custody of the child back by next summer.) The child is allowed visits with the mother every Saturday. The mother has been taking the child to see the father and his family.
The daughter's school counselor has heard that the father was in jail and what he went in for and has now requested that he go to court and file for visitation. She does not feel it is good for the child to see her father in light of his crime. the legal guardian of the child is going along with the counselor. (This same guardian has also lied to the child and told her that her father went to jail for murder.)
My stepson was a very angry and violent teen with his own childhood history of sexual and physical abuse. Being in prison has calmed him down and he is determined to do right and never to go back there. The man he is now is not the same boy who went into prison in 1994. He loves his daughter and wants to be in her life. He would never hurt her.
Whta can he do? What are his rights as her father? Can the visits be stopped just like that? He loves this little girl very much and he does not want to lose her again after all this time without her.
Before going to prison, he had a baby daughter. (The charges were NOT from the baby's mother) He hadn't seen his daughter since he was arrested. Now his daughter is 11, and he has been seeing her for the last 4 weeks every Saturday. (His daughter's mother has lost custody of the child to her cousin because she had a drug habit. The mother is now getting her life back together and will, hopefully, have legal custody of the child back by next summer.) The child is allowed visits with the mother every Saturday. The mother has been taking the child to see the father and his family.
The daughter's school counselor has heard that the father was in jail and what he went in for and has now requested that he go to court and file for visitation. She does not feel it is good for the child to see her father in light of his crime. the legal guardian of the child is going along with the counselor. (This same guardian has also lied to the child and told her that her father went to jail for murder.)
My stepson was a very angry and violent teen with his own childhood history of sexual and physical abuse. Being in prison has calmed him down and he is determined to do right and never to go back there. The man he is now is not the same boy who went into prison in 1994. He loves his daughter and wants to be in her life. He would never hurt her.
Whta can he do? What are his rights as her father? Can the visits be stopped just like that? He loves this little girl very much and he does not want to lose her again after all this time without her.