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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Sharia Law" Christian style, in action in the U.S.: Michigan rapist gets joint custody
(the girl was 12 when raped) - I'm sure betsy DeVos, her MRA puppetmasters and the GOP fully approve.
Christopher Mirasolo, 27, of Brown City was awarded joint legal custody by Judge Gregory S. Ross after DNA testing established paternity of the child, according to the victims attorney, Rebecca Kiessling, who is seeking protection under the federal Rape Survivor Child Custody Act. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 25.
The case, initially reported on The Steve Gruber Show, a Lansing-based radio program, is believed the first of its kind in Michigan and possibly the nation. According to the victim and Kiessling, it was prompted after the county surveyed the victim regarding child support she had received this past year.
This is insane, said Kiessling, who filed objections Friday with Ross. Nothing has been right about this since it was originally investigated. He was never properly charged and should still be sitting behind bars somewhere, but the system is victimizing my client, who was a child herself when this all happened.
Ross disclosed the rape victims address to Mirasolo and ordered Mirasolos name to be added to the childs birth certificate all without the victims consent or a hearing, according to Kiessling.
An assistant prosecutor on this, Eric Scott, told me she had granted her consent, which was a lie she has never been asked to do this and certainly never signed anything, Kiessling said.
. . .Mirasolo forcibly raped and threatened to kill her client, now 21, nine years ago when the woman was 12. Mirasolo was 18 when the incident occurred in September 2008.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/06/rape-victim-attacker-joint-child-custody/106374256/
CousinIT
(9,245 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)until the child is 18, who is also at risk. His father is a child molester.
KitSileya
(4,035 posts)A 12-year old cannot, by definition, give consent to sex. A 12-year old is a child. You cannot have sex with a 12-year old, because it will always be rape*, not sex. Doesn't matter if she shouted yes and took off her own clothes and laid down herself - it is rape. Talk about second-class citizens.
*Except in fucked up places like NZ and others where 12-year old boys "cannot" be raped by women (oh, yes they can, enter the 21st century for fuck's sake and change your laws, for god's sake) and other fucked up places where 12-year olds can be married if their parents consent (see above parenthesis, please.)
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)I a male dominated society, women are always subjected to sexual violence, with little consequence to males.
And in this case the male is rewarded. Given access to another child to assault and allowed to terrorize his victim again. Aided and abetted by the legal system.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)under The Rape Survivor Child Custody Act. Such laws abolish the parental rights of the father where the child was conceived via rape, while leaving child support obligations in place. It gives an incentive to states if they pass the law using the clear and convincing evidence standard, without the necessity of a felony rape conviction.
They have a court hearing date in a few weeks. Since the girl was only 12 years old and the rapist was 19, it seems like the mother should prevail.
BTW, the mother/victim's court costs are being paid by Right to Life Michigan, which the article says were strong proponents of the bill.
http://www.sanilacbroadcasting.com/2017/10/07/court-case-in-sanilac-county-draws-ire-of-attorney/
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This is just unbelievable to me.
Initech
(100,079 posts)I hope the Christian right sleeps easier at night knowing the horrors they have wrought on this country. Fuck these fucking assholes.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)forged signatures? hearings without all parties present?