Rapist seeking visitation with child he fathered after attack on teen victim

[4th law of robotics]

12. She chose to keep the baby

it's not about banning abortions.

This is about a horrible man trying to further harm his victim.

The man, who the victim knew from church and who was the boyfriend of her friend’s older sister, pleaded guilty to statutory rape in Norfolk Superior Court last year. Prosecutor sought a 3-to-5-year sentence, but the judge in the case gave the man 16 years’ probation with the condition he acknowledges that he is the father of the baby and submits to family court orders, reports MyFoxBoston.com.

The family has hired attorney Wendy Murphy, who believes the problem stems from the sentence imposed in the criminal case, reports MyFoxBoston.com. She said making the man submit to a family court order opened the door to the visitation request.

"The consequences of sentencing this man to probation for 16 years, which is really until the child becomes an adult, and making him declare paternity and pay child support, includes that this guy gets a legal father-child relationship out of the deal," Murphy told the station.

Sounds like a legal SNAFU. He was ordered to pay child support which put him in the family court system which means he can use those laws to argue for visitation rights.

They're trying to amend that to restitution rather than child support to fix that loophole.