New boyfriend is a convicted sex offender

[CJane]

Your husband needs to get a consult with a local attorney ASAP.

If the BF is a registered sex offender, your husband has the right, and the responsibility, to protect his child from a registered sex offender by filing in court to have the existing custody order modified. And, I disagree with a few of the other answers, it really doesn't matter whether the victim was male or female, if the BF is a convicted, REGISTERED sex offender, there are lots of laws that are available to protect children from that person.

Not necessarily.

OP doesn't even know what the charges were, or what the conviction was for.

For instance, it's POSSIBLE that at 18, he was convicted of statutory rape involving his 16 year old girl friend. That means that he made a really stupid decision at 18, and is paying the price for that decision. It does NOT mean he's a danger to the child.

Let's say that he plead no contest to a charge of "indecent liberties". He was 16, she was 14, he made a bad decision as a teenager, and it will haunt him forever. But that still doesn't mean he's a danger to anyone at all.

Unless Dad knows WHAT THE SPECIFIC DETAILS of the conviction were/are, AND whether or not the conditions of his release/registration specify that he not be in contact with minors, there MAY be NOTHING that Dad can do.

 

[ecoamo]

Actually the case was filed and emergency custody was granted with all visitation with mother to be supervised. Too much to go into but it was pretty bad. Mother made it clear that she is in no place to take care of the child.

The judge gave mother 20 days from date of hearing to respond, and she has not yet done so, time will be up soon. What to expect next?

 

[Proserpina]

Actually the case was filed and emergency custody was granted with all visitation with mother to be supervised. Too much to go into but it was pretty bad. Mother made it clear that she is in no place to take care of the child.

The judge gave mother 20 days from date of hearing to respond, and she has not yet done so, time will be up soon. What to expect next?

Without details it is impossible to even guestimate the next step.

 

[ecoamo]

Judges determination was based on an ongoing pattern of unhealthy relationships that have already exposed the daughter to sexual abuse, witnessing her mother being physically and verbally abused, and mother asking daughter to lie to father about current relationship status.

Mother did not deny drug or alcohol abuse, and admitted to being "so doped up at the time she couldn't say what she was thinking" when asked why she demanded the charges be dropped against former husband for molesting older daughter, now in prison on 5 counts on incest.

Judge warned her that her behaviors were of great concern and that she needed to start making healthy decisions for her children. He agreed the child was continually being placed in danger by mother's relationships and also issued orders restricting 3 of the last 4 partners from even being around the child based on their criminal records.

Motion to restrict parenting time was granted based on this information, with all visitation to be supervised by parties listed by the court.

Final line of minute order:

The above order restricting parenting time is intended as a temporary order and the court will allow mother 20 days from the date of order to respond to the fathers motions/petition...

She has until Wednesday to respond.

If she doesn't respond what happens?