this is all in VA- about a year ago, i moved home from an abusive relationship. my father was kind enough to help with a bill or two- and i took advantage. he sent me a check that didn't cover the bill i needed to pay, so i used the checking account numbers to pay 100 bucks on my credit card. what i didn't realize is that it's been autopaying with his bank account ever since. he found out recently when he bounced a rather large check, it appears. I feel terrible, and i have no problem with paying him back- but he says he can press felony charges for bank fraud- and intends to do so if i don't do two things. 1) go to the police with him and file a report and 2) go into counseling. I, however, don't want to participate in either of these things because i know it's a trap. i'm 5 months pregnant right now with my first child, and this man believes he can manipulate me whenever he wants. i know that if i comply, he'll simply hold the police report over my head, and take me to court the next time we get into an argument, and have a shrink say i'm incompetent to be a mother.
On a side note, when i was three months pregnant, my dad (who has a severe anger issue) attacked me over meeting my boyfriend. I told him to step back because he was literally spitting in my face when he spoke and he lunged at me. He choked me and placed all his weight onto my stomach using his knee for better leverage to choke me. He was fully aware i was pregnant. Once i was able to push him off, he threw an elbow at me, knocking me over, and blacking out my eye. I should have pressed charges, but he's my father, and i wouldn't do something like that. However, this is not the type of man that should even be allowed around children!
so now i'm just scared, what can he legally do to me? and how can i protect my child?
On a side note, when i was three months pregnant, my dad (who has a severe anger issue) attacked me over meeting my boyfriend. I told him to step back because he was literally spitting in my face when he spoke and he lunged at me. He choked me and placed all his weight onto my stomach using his knee for better leverage to choke me. He was fully aware i was pregnant. Once i was able to push him off, he threw an elbow at me, knocking me over, and blacking out my eye. I should have pressed charges, but he's my father, and i wouldn't do something like that. However, this is not the type of man that should even be allowed around children!
so now i'm just scared, what can he legally do to me? and how can i protect my child?
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