Legal Question in Family Law in Michigan
major child abuse
found out that my girlfriend's dad as been sexual abusin her.he now rubs her waist and brings his hands down to her butt and she tells him to stop and then a few months ago he put his hands on her upper innner thigh area close enough to her private and began to rubber her thigh and when she told him to sop he squezzed her thigh and told her that he was just rubbin her thigh and she told him to stop an left.he also is very abusive towards her both physicaly,mentaly besides the sexual abuse.shes very afaid to tell her mom because shes in fear he may get so angry that he may beat her to near-death.my question is that in MI can the court decide to give an emancupation order if the teen is turnin 15 if she asks the judge to cuz she wants to go to a lawyer because but shes afaid he may do sumtihn to her sexualy but what will happen if her mom press's charges against the father can the court feel as tho the mother knew of the physical,mental abuse and failed to do sumthin can they take both parental rights be taken away?and what woul ahppen to my girlfriend if that was to happen?would she be put in foster care or what?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: major child abuse
Emancipation is probably not an option, however there are a number of things that your girlfriend CAN do:
1. She can visit the local office of the Family Independence Agency and ask to speak to a Childrens Protective Services officer. They can do a number of things including having her immediately removed to foster home for her safety.
2. Visit with a police officer - depending on the city that you live in there may be an officer that specializes in exactly this sort of case. What her father is accused of is a crime, indeed a very serious crime.
I would suggest the Family Independence Agency option as a first step. They are very good and very understanding.
I don't know whether this is the closest office to you, but here's an address:
Macomb County FIA - Mt Clemens
21885 Dunham Rd.
Clinton Township MI 48036
Good luck,
Tom Weiss
Mount Pleasant
Re: major child abuse
This is an easy one. Tell her to go to the police. The guy won't dare touch her in the future. They will ask both her and the father to take a lie detector test. It is not admissible in court but will go a long way to show his guilt. Bill Stern
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