Hi Girls,
I need to vent and would love your point of view but will try my hardest to keep it short!
I have an eight year old daughter to my previous partner. It was a really bad relationship and I left him shortly after dd was born. He saw her for a few months after that and then not at all. So it has been about 7 years since he last saw her. He has never attempted contact and doesn't pay child support.
He is now back and wants shared parenting. He was nice enough to supeona me complete with an affidavit full of bull****!
Now this is the BIG issue, he is a convicted sex offender (didn't find that one out until later). I received legal advice and was told that unless you can proove that your child is in danger they still have the right to unsupervised visits.
The thought of this absolutely terrifies me. My dd who is only a few years off being a teenager being alone with a rapist!!! How would it make you girls feel? Am I panicking for no reason? Should rapists and paedophiles have the right to unsupervised care of their children. Its just not sitting well with me at all.
Opinions PLEASE!
Sorry, it was a long rant and if I offended anyone in anyway.
[Edited on 25/10/2007]
I need to vent and would love your point of view but will try my hardest to keep it short!
I have an eight year old daughter to my previous partner. It was a really bad relationship and I left him shortly after dd was born. He saw her for a few months after that and then not at all. So it has been about 7 years since he last saw her. He has never attempted contact and doesn't pay child support.
He is now back and wants shared parenting. He was nice enough to supeona me complete with an affidavit full of bull****!
Now this is the BIG issue, he is a convicted sex offender (didn't find that one out until later). I received legal advice and was told that unless you can proove that your child is in danger they still have the right to unsupervised visits.
The thought of this absolutely terrifies me. My dd who is only a few years off being a teenager being alone with a rapist!!! How would it make you girls feel? Am I panicking for no reason? Should rapists and paedophiles have the right to unsupervised care of their children. Its just not sitting well with me at all.
Opinions PLEASE!
Sorry, it was a long rant and if I offended anyone in anyway.
[Edited on 25/10/2007]