- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
My boyfriend has been charged with child abuse by his ex-wife towards their 4 year old son. Its a malicious claim and is costing us a lot of money.
This woman has a history of deceit, and her and her friends attacked a previous girlfriend of his in public. She brought charges against him the week after seeing where we live after he moved in with me (after a year of being together, and having a baby together).
The charges are from incidents that are several years old with the exception of one.
The charges brought against him as child abuse are because of the following:
bruised ear,
burn on hand (from the 2 year old grabbing a curling iron),
at age 2, being hit by a golf club by his 4 year old brother while they were in the back yard practicing their golf swings,
having a bruise on private part because of being hit by a ball thrown by another child, and one or two other similar childhood injuries.
He is facing a felony charge and time in prison, his friends and family had to collectively post $100,000 bail so he wouldn't sit in jail for three months awaiting trial, and we are looking at close to $7,000 in attorney fees so far.
First question: the attorney we are working with seems to believe that it is indeed a punishable offense for your child to be injured ever. He said that all parents are guilty of child abuse, just that only some get taken to court for it. I can't believe that we could go to jail any time an childhood injury happens, where no willful neglect or malice is present.
Second, what are the options or precedence for suing her for malicious prosecution? I don't want to get her back, I just want to be compensated for the money we used to fight this.
Thanks in advance
This woman has a history of deceit, and her and her friends attacked a previous girlfriend of his in public. She brought charges against him the week after seeing where we live after he moved in with me (after a year of being together, and having a baby together).
The charges are from incidents that are several years old with the exception of one.
The charges brought against him as child abuse are because of the following:
bruised ear,
burn on hand (from the 2 year old grabbing a curling iron),
at age 2, being hit by a golf club by his 4 year old brother while they were in the back yard practicing their golf swings,
having a bruise on private part because of being hit by a ball thrown by another child, and one or two other similar childhood injuries.
He is facing a felony charge and time in prison, his friends and family had to collectively post $100,000 bail so he wouldn't sit in jail for three months awaiting trial, and we are looking at close to $7,000 in attorney fees so far.
First question: the attorney we are working with seems to believe that it is indeed a punishable offense for your child to be injured ever. He said that all parents are guilty of child abuse, just that only some get taken to court for it. I can't believe that we could go to jail any time an childhood injury happens, where no willful neglect or malice is present.
Second, what are the options or precedence for suing her for malicious prosecution? I don't want to get her back, I just want to be compensated for the money we used to fight this.
Thanks in advance