Q: My daughter, 17, consented to sex with 18 year old. She is now pregnant. He punched her stomach >6x. Legal recourse?
After it was confirmed that my daughter is pregnant, the 18 year old "father" stated he wanted her to terminate pregnancy. A day or two later, he punched her in the stomach a few (3-6 punches) times, supposedly "play fighting". When she reminded him she was pregnant, he played it off that he forgot and said, "Oops". He had not "played" like that before the pregnancy.
Since he has known about the pregnancy, he has been abusive to her as stated above as well as emotionally and verbally. She has now ceased contact with him. He has "accidentally" snapchatted her 2-3 times but said he meant to send that to someone else (pic of him taking a Xanax or getting stoned and comments therein). I've asked her to take pictures of any further communication he attempts with her.
Is there any legal action we can take against him for sexual assault/statutory rape, assault (for punching her), attempted assault to unborn child, verbal/emotional abuse...anything?
A: For anything criminal, she has to file a police report. Civilly, you could sue for battery and maybe a few other things, but the kid sounds like a loser and likely has no money, so you will spend quite a bit with no return.
A: She can also get a pfa against him, make sure she gets a paternity order and child support on him.
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