My children were taken by the state and I have to go to a hearing. It was mainly a temporary mental breakdown situation on my part where we were unable to care for the kids because my husband was attending to me and had to call the ambulance., there was no abuse or threatening or anything. They also felt the living conditions were inadequate but that problem has been rectified. the report also says we neglected to provide proper care and education and medical which is not true and we have documentation from the school and doctors to prove this. Plenty of food in the house, kids have good clothing, are bathed etc. My husband is a registered sex offender for an offence committed almost 30 years ago and served his sentence long ago. We have heard rumor they can prevent us from having the kids back home due to this, or that they can refuse him visitation. We havent found anything online to this effect and all we seem to find is if there is a divorce and one parent is a sex offender they can be refused visitation if the custodial parent does not want visitation, so this is a lot different.
i am hoping this is just a rumor because they are his kids and he has a good relationship with them and i would think it is unconstitutional unless he had abused them which he has not.
I know at the hearing they normally will either give the kids back if the report is unsubstantiated, or they will set up a plan to work through to get the kids back after a few weeks. they mentioned a possible evaluation and parenting classes and stuff like that.
I'm just concerned about the rumor and wondering if anyone know the law about that. Again, I don't find it online except when it deals with divorce. The situation that caused the kids to be taken in the first place is fixed and was temporary, not some ongoing thing.
I just hope they do not / can not use a 30 year old sex offense record against us. The offense was with a teenage girl, not a little child.
i am hoping this is just a rumor because they are his kids and he has a good relationship with them and i would think it is unconstitutional unless he had abused them which he has not.
I know at the hearing they normally will either give the kids back if the report is unsubstantiated, or they will set up a plan to work through to get the kids back after a few weeks. they mentioned a possible evaluation and parenting classes and stuff like that.
I'm just concerned about the rumor and wondering if anyone know the law about that. Again, I don't find it online except when it deals with divorce. The situation that caused the kids to be taken in the first place is fixed and was temporary, not some ongoing thing.
I just hope they do not / can not use a 30 year old sex offense record against us. The offense was with a teenage girl, not a little child.
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