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house arrest

I am on house arrest. when I was pput on house arrest I was living with and engaged to the only dad my children have ever known, because he is a felon my house arrest officer told him he had to move and have no contact with me at all. He has no place to go because he still pays the bills here. It has torn my family apart. My children are having physical problems such as headaches and stomachs that they did not have before. He will not allow us to see each other and will not allow us to be married. He comes to my house and talks to me like an idiot in front of my children. Always threatening to put me in jail in front of them. He gets all in my face and is just out of control. If I was doning something wrong he could take me to jail, but I am not. I am not even allowed to go to the grocery store, cut my grass, go in my yard. I have done everything I am supposed to do and he continues to make things as hard as he can on me and my children and my fiance. can he keep me from getting married?


Asked on 4/26/07, 12:48 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: house arrest

What I don't hear is you taking ANY responsibility for your situation. You are NOT in control here, but you can be more active in contolling how things go for you by taking stock of the situation and doing the best you can.

First, you have to recognize that you are under house arrest instead of being in jail. This is a good thing.

Second, your children come first, don't they? If their father has to make allowances for your having caused this situation, then what else can he do? He has to go, or get a court order allowing him to stay for the kids' sake. Don't throw it in the man's face, but find out quietly whether there is a way for you to work WITH the system for the benefit of your kids.

Keeping the family together is hard when both parents have issues, but you have to do what the man says. For now.

Ask yourself what you can do to make this guy less of an ass and do it (within reason). You will definitely find that his behavior will change if yours does too.

NOW, that being said: you are under tremendous stress. Your kids are under tremendous stress. Try to focus on taking care of yourself, and use the time to figure out how not to get yourself back in that situation. What could be worse? You fail house arrest and your kids lose you.

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Answered on 4/26/07, 2:25 pm


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