Can A Registered Sex Offender Get Visitation Rights In Washington State

Legal Information: Arkansas

Custody

Updated:

Feb xiv, 2022

Can a parent who is a registered sex offender, or who lives with one, get custody or visitation?

If a parent is a registered sex offender, there is a "rebuttable presumption" that it is not in the best interest of the child for that parent to get custody or unsupervised visitation. This ways that the judge will assume (assume) that it is not in the best interest of the child but the sex offender parent can offer evidence to try to change the gauge'due south mind. The same standard applies even if the parent is non a registered sex offender but lives with someone who is – the judge will assume it'south not in the child'southward all-time interest to be in that home unless the visitation is supervised.¹

The judge can only requite custody or unsupervised visitation to a parent who is a registered sex offender if the judge specifically determines that the sex offender poses no danger to the kid.²

¹ A.C.A. § 9-13-101(d)(two), (d)(three)
²A.C.A. § 9-thirteen-101(d)(1)

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