dpw@rayssd.UUCP (09/19/84)
eat my line !!!!
I am going to get married again in Dec of this year. The lady in which
I am marrying has a 3 year old boy who was sexually abused by his father.
The father has 60 days in the summer time and two weeks at X-mas. The
case has been in court in Oklahoma twice since the first of June. Once
by each party for custody. After the mother got him back from the summer
visitation he was little more that a basket case. The child is very
confused and very upset. The child (Joe) has a lot of anxiety about going
back to be with his father and wakes up have bad dreams about his father.
Then he told us about what his father had done to him in great detail.
The problem is what to do about it. She can not afford to take him back
to court in Oklahoma, as she is currently unemployed and lives in Rhode
Island. She can't take it to court in R.I. because she has not lived here
long enough(six months). As it looks now she will have to let his father
have him at X-mas. If she refuses, he will take her back to court and get
custody. It seems to me that when custody is an issue, child abuse (sexual
or otherwise) is not being taken seriously. This leaves the child without
any protection. We have taken Joe to a child psychologist who had us
call child welfare and protection. They advised us to take it back to court
and took a report. End of action.
At this point we are at a lost to know what to do. Any comment, suggestions
and/or help from the net would be appreciated.
Darryl & Ruthayn
{allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5, linus} rayssd!dpwron@trsvax.UUCP (09/21/84)
In the olden days, you'd get on a horse, ride to Oklahoma, and shoot him. Too
bad you can't do that today; it's what he deserves.
{microsoft!ctvax}!trsvax!ron Ron Light