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But I'm not sure that this is a good enough reason to leave this child fatherless (for up to 50 years) in an already difficult situation.


Yeah, but married or not, this kid growing up fatherless has a high likelyhood according to statistics, dad in jail or not. I still maintain this benefits no one but the prosecutor. The authorities failed to do anything when mom lodged the first complaint anyway, which she later withdrew, so this is basically going nowhere slow (and expensively).
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Heather

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -Susan B Anthony