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I have a friend that has been convicted of a child abuse felony in Missouri and he's about to have it dropped from his record. Could he regain custody of his child? We are the foster parents of this child and are about to get guardianship of the child, but we would have no problem giving her back to him once he gets everything ironed out(We have reason to believe he's innocent).

he was convicted of child abuse on another child(choking her) but after investigating further, her mom is actually the one that did it, but its double jeopardy so she can't convicted of it anymore

both the parents were convicted they each got different charges. She got child endangerment and he got the child abuse charge. She got probation he got jail time. Also he took the blame for her, thinking that she would stick by him but unfortunately for him he was wrong on that. There was a coerced confession on his part by the cops that interrogated him.

Answer 1

he may get custody of his child but he is going to have a hard time getting a judge to give her back to him. I would think he would have to have a good lawyer and have a very convincing story to tell

Answer 2

There are so many factors involved that it is really hard to answer your questions. For example, what was he charged with doing, was the abuse towards the child you are talking about, what judge you get, what his probation says he can do..etc. etc. Some guys can get supervised visits and from there in can lead into custody, although that is very rare. But, it is possible.

Answer 3

How is that double jeopardy?Double jeopardy is when 1 person is being charged with the same crime twice!!!!If he was convicted of it, probably not unless it is shown to the judge he was wrongfully convicted.