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To jump the gun.. and answer JinnKai's question regarding "the latter", I feel that there is no definate answer to that. There are pro's and con's to using the sex offender status to remove a child. Perhaps it should be layerd. If the offender is a level II or higher then there is no exception the the rule (hopefully if they had reached level III status they wouldn't be on the street). If they are a level I offender and the offense wasn't with a blood relative and the mother has no objections, then the father can have rights to his child. If the offense was an incest type offense, then the court would need to use it's discretion based on time served, age of victim, and length of non-reoffense and parole/probation status/record. If the offender showed a willingness to do what he/she was supposed to do on parole/probation then the offender should have a chance to father his child. I could go on and on, but with the way sex offenders are getting treated now days, I doubt any of this would ever be considered in the political forum of this *coughshittycough* judicial system.
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