We are fighting for my grandson's life. My daughter was
16 when she got pregnant. The baby's father was 19. We
wanted to make good of a bad situation and stood by both
of them and offered our support. There was something odd
about the baby's father but I couldn't put my finger on it.
He was so possessive.
Anyway, when the baby was four months old, we received
an anonymous telephone call telling us "watch out for the
Baby". We also had something else to draw our
suspiscions that something was wrong with this guy. I
started to investigate and went to the police for answers.
It turns out that he is one the top 5 child molesters in
Connecticut. He was on probation and not suppose to
even be with my daughter. That's why he was so
possessive because he was afraid to be seen with her.
Anyway, when the courts found out about my daughter
they had her testify at his trial. He had already served 2
years in a sexual offender facility in Colorado and then
was put on probation for 3 years with several conditions.
He had broke all his conditions. My daughter testisfied
and the judge put him in jail for 2 1/2 years.
He is due to get out in October. He has a terrific, well
known lawyer because he is trying to sue the probation
department for harrassment. We didn't have any lawyer
because we don't have much money.
Last week we got a letter from his lawyer that he wants
visitation rights when he gets out of prison. He wants to
know my daughters intentions. When he was first in jail,
we tried to get him to terminate his parental rights but he
refused. Well, I called everyone and anybody I could think
of for help. The lawyers wanted $5,000 retainer and could
cost up to $20,000 because they say this going to be a
big case especially going up against his lawyer.
We were finally able to get help through the prosecutor
that put him away, she is going to find a lawyer to help
my daughter. Needless to say we are scared. I have even
been on our radio station and they were doing a segment
on sexual offenders. They had me send them some info
and they are going to get our Senator involved.
It seems like everytime you open the newspaper, or hear
the news on TV there is something going on about sexual
offenders. This is in our favor. If we can't get termination,
we will have to accept visitation but we want supervised
with several conditions, ex. no overnight, never alone with
him.
So that's where we stand right now. We are going to get
restraining orders when he is released. My daughter and
her baby don't live with us anymore so we both have to get
restraining orders. My daughter goes to hairdressing
school and I babysit for him while she is there so he is at
my house a great deal. He lived with us the first year and
a half (he is 2 now). I watched him being born. He is my
world.