Sex offender + minor in the house.

Aoifums

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this. I was going to go for PI but I'm more wondering about the legalities.

My friend's dad is in prison for raping her, but he's due to be released in June or October depending on good behaviour. According to her when he gets out, he is straight back to live in the family home. She'll be 17 or 18 when he gets out, but can he do that? Her brother is still a child as well.

Sorry for the rambling I'm confused and stressed over this.

Victor

Potentially a barring order can be put in place. Is her mother still in the house and in contact with the father?

It might be useful to speak to a solicitor or the likes of the ISPCC or Rape Crisis Centre.

http://www.ispcc.ie/Access-Support.aspx

http://www.drcc.ie/

Aoifums

What's a barring order? I'm fairly clueless about such stuff. Her mam is in the house. They're all in faily contact with the dad. He's being welcomed back with open arms.
And she's actually forbidden(on the orders of both parents) from talking about it, so I'm not meant to know.

djsomers

You are quite right to be worried about your friend. Contact the ISPCC from the link provided by the last poster, they are much better equiped to deal with this situation than anyone else here and they will provide you with better guidance. Do this as soon as you can and let the proper people deal with this.

Victor

Aoifums wrote: »

What's a barring order?

Someone else will confirm the details, but basically a court order prohibiting someone from visiting a place or from contacting specific people.

How certain are you that your friend isn't exaggerating? I'm not saying she is, but its a possibility.

Aoifums

Thanks.

And I'm pretty sure she's not. I was there for her when everything happened and I'm here for her again. What would she gain from lying anyway? Sympathy off of one person?

Reloc8

No messing around on this one - she needs to go to a solicitor. Someone who practices in family law.