Question: If Josh is convicted, serves his sentence, and is released as a registered sex offender, can he see his kids? He can't return home or can he? Will they need two separate households from this point forward?
jmo
The answer is a possible Yes. I would think it would be up to Judge, state laws, Federal laws.
I personally know of a case here in Kansas. I know the family but they are not not friends, just know them, used to say hi and chat a little, acquaintances. Never did anything with them. Several times, the wife would just open up and talk to a bunch of us sitting around a a certain place have coffee and she revealed the following. The father, her husband, was caught, tried and jailed for about 2 years for a similar crime(s). When he got out, he lived in a one room apartment. His wife and 2 kids lived elsewhere in another apartment. She paid for all his living expenses, plus hers and the children. At first, for at least a year he could only have contact with his wife under supervision. No contact with children. He got some sort of job, reported to probation etc. He then earned the ‘right’ to call his children on the phone under court supervision, not wife supervision. Again, after a year, he was given the right to see his children under court supervision. This took place in a building where children’s can see relatives but with court supervisors all around, no child is ever left alone, everyone goes out certain assigned doors at certain times. He or she had to,pay the cost of the ‘babysitting fee’. After a long time he was given permission to go on day outing as long as the mother went with. He and she had to report to probation officer where they were going, time limits were assigned, usually during day light hours, and if they were going in one car or two. Everything had to be preapproved
After a considerable time, the father then got to visit the mother and children at her place, during the day. This again went on for months. Next step he was allowed to stay over night once a month, then slowly he was able to move back in with the wife and children. This was done over many years.
He kept a job for a few years and had no more issues, but then one day his wife came in and said he was diagnosed with cancer and it is not looking good for him. I have not seen the family in 2 years now.
So for him, it was a long road to prove he could be good. He had not been caught before that anyone knew of.
I don’t know what Idaho would do, but it can happen. Some of their children may be in college if Josh ever got the right to be alone with them.
And No, the husband and wife never spent a night together until he was given the clear to spend the first night as a family.
I do want to say, on a few occasions before he was allowed to move back in with the family, she and the children would bring him to where we hs coffee. It was very hard on all of us to be civil to him. We were nice because of the children. They never stayed more then 30 minutes but it was hard. None of us ever had this experience before. A lot of the talk was around the kids school activities or sports. He was very quiet with the mom doing most of the talking.
I hoped this help.
