What are my rights as a pregnant girlfriend to a man on probation and on the sex offender registry?
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What are my rights as a pregnant girlfriend to a man on probation and on the sex offender registry?
My boyfriend is on probation for something he did as a teenager 9 yrs ago; he’s 26. Now, however, he’s also on the sex offender registry. I have known him for forever and know what he was accused of and know what happened. I have two children of my own (which he has not) been around due to his probation and him not wanting to risk violating his probation. I just found out that I am pregnant. I want to know my rights as his girlfriend and being pregnant. Can he now be around me and my kids or should we get married? Which would make this easier on us so
Asked on April 1, 2012 under Criminal Law, New York
Answers:
Kevin Bessant / Law Office of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Your boyfriend needs to speak with his probation/parole agent and discuss this situation with them first so that he does not violate his probation. Probation for sex offense charges generally prohibit the person from being around minor children, except for their own children if they were not the subjects of the criminal charges. If he can explain that he has a child on the way with you, and that you two plan to marry, then probation may make an exception to his probation conditions and allow him contact with the children.
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