(08-26-2024, 07:21 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-26-2024, 06:13 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: That's not enough.  Just because she says it was rape, when it apparently was drug-fueled consensual sex, isn't enough to deny him visitation rights.  She doesn't get to make that decision on her own.  She would have to go to court and get a judge to decide.

It's hard to convict a man of rape.  Criminal law is hard.
This is civil law.  In some ways the burden of proof should be on him to prove he's going to be a safe and constructive member of the kids' life.  
The judge's role should be more like arbitrating than deciding who is "right".  It's not an easy case.