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The cards and letters started arriving from prison a few years ago. When he got out, he told her, he wanted to see his son: “We’re a family.”
The man writing to her was her rapist.
What followed was a traumatic court battle to terminate the parental rights of the man who had sexually assaulted and impregnated her when she was just 13 years old. She finally prevailed, thanks to the efforts of her pro bono lawyer and support from victim advocates.
...Kelly’s story helped convince lawmakers to change how parental rights are terminated in cases where a child’s birth is the result of sexual assault.
Currently, the law requires that in such cases, a woman has to prove that terminating those rights is “in the best interests” of her child. But Senate Bill 166, which won final passage last week, shifts the burden of proof to the convicted rapist.
Gov. Chris Sununu plans to sign it, according to a spokesman.
Rape changed her life – and New Hampshire law | New Hampshire
It's still not going to be easy though.
The man writing to her was her rapist.
What followed was a traumatic court battle to terminate the parental rights of the man who had sexually assaulted and impregnated her when she was just 13 years old. She finally prevailed, thanks to the efforts of her pro bono lawyer and support from victim advocates.
...Kelly’s story helped convince lawmakers to change how parental rights are terminated in cases where a child’s birth is the result of sexual assault.
Currently, the law requires that in such cases, a woman has to prove that terminating those rights is “in the best interests” of her child. But Senate Bill 166, which won final passage last week, shifts the burden of proof to the convicted rapist.
Gov. Chris Sununu plans to sign it, according to a spokesman.
Rape changed her life – and New Hampshire law | New Hampshire
It's still not going to be easy though.
