Q: Can a person who has been sentenced to prison start a family after they're released? Domestic partners.
Furthermore, if they do start a family and are not abusive but live in the house and are not involved (In-house absent parent) would they have partial custodial rights to the children if the family divorced. My husband and I have been together for 18 years. I love him and we have a 9-year-old together. He is not abusive but he has a trigger temper that he keeps away from the house. He is also unreasonable and doesn't understand our child who is more responsible than he is. He makes demands and gets agitated if they aren't followed. He is selfish and we do nothing together as a family except go out to breakfast most Sundays but he goes out 2 to 3 nights a week. I have been 100% invested in our child's life and he will not come to karate meets, the park, beach, playgrounds, pool, etc. I do all b-day and holiday shopping as well. He loves his son and fears I'll leave with him but I worry about what our poor son would go through one on one with him and his unrealistic expectations of him
A:
Yes, of course a convicted felon can start a family.
But after reading your post several times, it appears that you are married, thinking about divorce, and are considering forming a live-in relationship with another man (the convicted felon, presumably). No, it is very unlikely that the other man could be awarded "partial custodial rights"; he would have to adopt the child first.
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