proudwifey
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
On 10/2/09, My 7 year old daughter told me that her father was "touching her". At first, he was denying the allegations. We then...
*made the necessary visits to the (town where it happened) police dept,
*had interviews with a specialized detective in that dept,
*took her to the Child Advocacy Center for an medical exam and interview with the DA behind a glass "mirror", where a child avdocate, man from CPS, and a few others were watching,
*got her into counciling, and
*have been calling the DA and Dective a couple times a week for updates.
He finally turned himself in 10/30, and has been in the holding center ever since. We had court on 11/4, and the DA overheard him telling his court appointed lawyer that he wasn't denying the charges and that he needed help. He was offered by the judge to have a second court date at the local level (basically a second chance to prove innocence) before it went to the city court (which it would end up anyways because he is facing felony charges on this case), and he denied that chance.
Since then, nothing has happened! It's 12/9, and he's still sitting in the holding center. According to the DA, he can only be held for 45 days unless he's actually charged. The DA has spoken to his lawyer a few times, and the lawyer insists that he is going to plead guilty. So what could the holdup be??
And when he DOES get sentanced, what's the punishment we're looking at? I was told that there "could" be a "possibility" of 6months in jail, with a 10 year restraining order, and that he'll have to register as a sex offender. Personally, I find 6 months miniscule for what he's done to our child. I told the DA that I would only find that semi-acceptible if he were to terminate his parental rights. Any advise on this? Could they really only give him 6 months for this? Can he be forced to give up his rights if he doesn't voluntarily gove them up? Please help.
BTW-the 45 days ends 12/19...we're running out of time!
On 10/2/09, My 7 year old daughter told me that her father was "touching her". At first, he was denying the allegations. We then...
*made the necessary visits to the (town where it happened) police dept,
*had interviews with a specialized detective in that dept,
*took her to the Child Advocacy Center for an medical exam and interview with the DA behind a glass "mirror", where a child avdocate, man from CPS, and a few others were watching,
*got her into counciling, and
*have been calling the DA and Dective a couple times a week for updates.
He finally turned himself in 10/30, and has been in the holding center ever since. We had court on 11/4, and the DA overheard him telling his court appointed lawyer that he wasn't denying the charges and that he needed help. He was offered by the judge to have a second court date at the local level (basically a second chance to prove innocence) before it went to the city court (which it would end up anyways because he is facing felony charges on this case), and he denied that chance.
Since then, nothing has happened! It's 12/9, and he's still sitting in the holding center. According to the DA, he can only be held for 45 days unless he's actually charged. The DA has spoken to his lawyer a few times, and the lawyer insists that he is going to plead guilty. So what could the holdup be??
And when he DOES get sentanced, what's the punishment we're looking at? I was told that there "could" be a "possibility" of 6months in jail, with a 10 year restraining order, and that he'll have to register as a sex offender. Personally, I find 6 months miniscule for what he's done to our child. I told the DA that I would only find that semi-acceptible if he were to terminate his parental rights. Any advise on this? Could they really only give him 6 months for this? Can he be forced to give up his rights if he doesn't voluntarily gove them up? Please help.
BTW-the 45 days ends 12/19...we're running out of time!