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Father now being tried for possession of counterfeit money
My sister has been fighting a long battle with the courts to attempt to deny access to the father of her child. He was abusing crack cocaine when they were together and he physically attacked her whilst she was pregnant with the child, which she reported (and obtained a restraining order). By the time the baby was born, she had managed to get away from him and he certainly had no interest in access, but he's changed his tune over the last couple of years and has been in a legal fight with her. The strange thing is that my sister has not been permitted to bring up his past violence during the court proceedings, nor are the courts taking into account his large criminal record which includes a number of other violent offences. The case rested only on him being able to prove that he was six months drug free. In the end, he did not actually prove this but simply shaved off all of his body hair (to avoid the final test after failing the first one) and then managed to obtain a letter from the doctor to state that he did this because of a skin condition!
He has recently been granted supervised access which the child has been attending, but my sister has just been informed in the last few days that he is actually facing new charges for the possession of counterfeit money. Apparently he was arrested in late 2012, but they're only just informing her now. He will be tried in January 2014.
Does anyone have any clue as to how serious this charge is for him if his fingerprints are found on the notes (which they certainly will be)? And is it usual to wait over a year until beginning a trial for this kind of charge? If he has to serve time, his six year old child will be confused and upset, as he has no knowledge of what an utter piece of work his father is and he's slowly beginning to bond with the guy! I don't understand why the father's long list of misdemeanors isn't a factor in whether or not access is in the best interests of the child. It's baffling to me.
He has recently been granted supervised access which the child has been attending, but my sister has just been informed in the last few days that he is actually facing new charges for the possession of counterfeit money. Apparently he was arrested in late 2012, but they're only just informing her now. He will be tried in January 2014.
Does anyone have any clue as to how serious this charge is for him if his fingerprints are found on the notes (which they certainly will be)? And is it usual to wait over a year until beginning a trial for this kind of charge? If he has to serve time, his six year old child will be confused and upset, as he has no knowledge of what an utter piece of work his father is and he's slowly beginning to bond with the guy! I don't understand why the father's long list of misdemeanors isn't a factor in whether or not access is in the best interests of the child. It's baffling to me.
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