The courts made a decision to keep my child from being able to see the father. I tried to get it reversed and had no luck. I still believe that contact with the father is very important and agree that the child needs to make up their own mind. Down the road they will be stronger and not have any voids to fill in with untruths. My family had a lot of pull in this decision. They contacted the commonwealth before the commonwealth contacted me, hence I don't believe they listened to a word I said. I had no idea this was going on until the first court date. I strongly stressed it was important for my child to have contact with the father. The crime was directed at me, not a physical crime, more like stalking. It was crazy and over the top. The sentence would have been much different had my family not had an input and my child would be able to go visit their father
Oct 15, 2009
Legality by: Anonymous
You could probably fight for the right to keep child away from that instance, but do you really want to? The child may one day blame you for not letting them get to know their father and make their own judgement as to his character and love for the child. Having no background info on the crime committed nor his feeling for the child, it is tough to say. However, if he is truly wanting to know his child and feels that this child's love may be his redemption, and he is concerned for the child's welfare, then maybe you shouldn't try to keep the child away. Again, there are too many ommitted facts that would be mitigating factors in the decision for any court as well.
