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My son (13) molested my youngest son (6). We have sorted this out he is currently seeing a therapist. Now my oldest daughter (22) recently broke up with her boyfriend. She has no place to stay and a daughter (4) however her ex is using my son to say that her And her daughter can not stay with us because he molested his younger brother. Can she legally live with us with her daughter while my son is in the house? and if she and her daughter can - can I press charges on her ex for using my son as his excuse.
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The answer greatly depends on how your daughter's boyfriend's paternity is established. But she can legally live with you, and with her daughter. Now, the boyfriend could certainly make an issue of it to the family court. Will that succeed? Who knows. If your son is in therapy and there are reasonable safeguards in place for the daughter, I don't see it as much of an issue.
No, you can't press charges against the boyfriend for using this as an excuse. The custody and where the daughter spends her time is a matter between your daughter and her boyfriend; you don't have standing to do anything about what he's saying.
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