Sex offender's wife in child custody fight

AP ^ | 10/11/5 | MARK SCOLFORO

[SmithL]

Nice choice of people to make babies with.

[Pippin]

I agree with your statement but I still am against a mother having her children taken from her because of her poor judgement.

How can anyone know she will or will not be a good mother?

[beltfed308]

Melissa WolfHawk's federal lawsuit, filed in Harrisburg, says county officials violated her due-process rights by threatening "to 'take' her baby" and leaving notes on her front door saying they were monitoring her pregnancy. Schuylkill County Children and Youth Services confirmed in a Sept. 23 letter to WolfHawk's attorney that the department may seek custody of the boy once he is born.

Big Brother at its best.

[wideawake]

A mother who raises her kids under the same roof as a convicted rapist is a bad mother by definition.

[SmithL]

How can anyone know she will or will not be a good mother?

Good mothers don't live with child rapists.

[derllak]

No way in hell would I have children with a freak like this! Just the fact that she let herself get pregnant from a molester speaks volumes about her character. She should have the baby taken away. I couldn't take the chance that he's been reformed. Baby's welfare comes first.

[Pippin]

I*t's true that a chils should not be brought up in the home of a convicted pedophile or child molester.

But at the same time, what are you going to do? If that Person marries? Forbid him and his wife under penality of law not to have children?

Have him steralized by court order?

Sounds like a police state to me.

I'm not defending the crime he is convicted of. I'm defending the woman's right to be a mother and to raise her children.

[Pippin]

What do you want her to do?

Have an abortion?

Get steralized?

Tubes tied?

What about her right to be a mother and to raise her children?

[Pippin]

In 0ther words it's either getting her tubes tied or becoming a babymaking machine for the state.

[Pippin]

Sounds like it

[AZHSer]

According to the article, he says he lives 20 miles away.

"DaiShin WolfHawk, who is unemployed, said he lives about 20 miles from the home his wife shares with her father."

If this is true, how can you justify the taking of the baby and other child on any grounds that have to do with him? The court could just order him to remain living elsewhere.

[SmithL]

What about her right to be a mother and to raise her children?

Sure, why not? After all, he hasn't hurt HER children,

YET.

[katiebelle]

Poor judgment can and has lead to many a tragedy. We aren't talking about what she lets her kids watch on TV. Letting a 6 year old watch rated R movies is poor judgment. Letting your kids play in the street is poor judgment. Letting them eat junk food all the time is poor judgment. Lack of comprehension of what this man is capable of is not simply poor judgment. The fact that she would knowingly allow and choose this home for her children speaks volume. There is poor judgment and then there is choosing a man over your children's bodies, emotions, and mental well being. Do I think they got the cart before the horse here? Absolutely....why is this man out of jail in the first place? He should be locked away not fathering children. That is the real problem here. Sadly, they did not keep him behind bars so now there are 2 other children that will be victims by losing their family because the adults in their lives can't make good decisions and keep their hands to themselves.

[unixfox]

...spent more than a decade in prison for rape in a case involving two teenage girls.

Child rapist? Not defending the scumbag but...this could mean girls between the age of 13-19. Plus they don't tell us if it was statuatory rape or otherwise.

So...I'm not buying into all of this yet just because BIG BROTHER wats to put his nose into this mothers business.

[derllak]

What about the child's right to be raised in a safe and happy environment. I know we can't pick and choose our parents and there is just no way to foresee trouble, but in cases where it's highly likely that the child is in danger, what else can you do? Turn a blind eye and hope the child's life isn't ruined by a pervert?
Too bad "mom" doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.
What a happy family this is gonna be! My heart goes out to baby. Good luck little one - you're gonna need it!

[katiebelle]

With our God given right to be parents we are also given the responsibility to raise our children in such a way that they reach adulthood free from abuse of any kind at the very very least. We so underestimate the extreme responsibility that we have as parents. This woman has every right to be a mother. She also has the responsibility to raise her children in a safe abuse free environment. Every right comes with a corresponding responsibility. You can't have one without the other.

[wideawake]

According to the article, he says he lives 20 miles away.

I'm sure he legally resides 20 miles away and that his bills and mail are delivered to that address.

I suspect, and I'm sure seasoned Children's Services personnel do too, that he spends most of his spare time, including his nights, at his wife's home.

[kx9088]

Well, it says it was two teenage girls that he was accused of raping. That's all the details they really give. Is there anyway to find out more to the story? Like, was it statutory rape? Did the girls consent but were underage so the parents filed charges?

[processing please hold]

What in God's name is wrong with you people?

You support a convicted pedophile? He rapes and sodomizes children, and you support his having a new victim in his home?

[AZHSer]

Unless they can prove that in a court of law, they have no business taking away her rights to her children. She has done nothing wrong and neither have the kids. Better one parent than no parent. They can require him to have supervised visits but I am still a little uncomfortable with that unless they can prove that he has committed other assaults since he was released and that he is a definite danger to his own kids. Since when do conservatives advocate punishing people for a crime they did not yet commit? If you start punishing people for things they might do, then eventually I think all of us could be in jail for something.

At most, the situation may need monitoring. Depending on the situation with the previous conviction, he may already be ordered to stay away from minors or to be supervised around them. If so, throw his butt in jail. If not, obtain the order and then throw his butt in jail if he breaks it. Don't punish the whole family.